diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index af831fbb7fb4..6b597cf33b02 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -1252,6 +1252,7 @@ handle_fault:
  */
 #define FLAGS_SHARED		0x01
 #define FLAGS_CLOCKRT		0x02
+#define FLAGS_HAS_TIMEOUT	0x04
 
 static long futex_wait_restart(struct restart_block *restart);
 
@@ -1486,7 +1487,7 @@ retry_private:
 	restart->futex.val = val;
 	restart->futex.time = abs_time->tv64;
 	restart->futex.bitset = bitset;
-	restart->futex.flags = 0;
+	restart->futex.flags = FLAGS_HAS_TIMEOUT;
 
 	if (fshared)
 		restart->futex.flags |= FLAGS_SHARED;
@@ -1510,13 +1511,16 @@ static long futex_wait_restart(struct restart_block *restart)
 {
 	u32 __user *uaddr = (u32 __user *)restart->futex.uaddr;
 	int fshared = 0;
-	ktime_t t;
+	ktime_t t, *tp = NULL;
 
-	t.tv64 = restart->futex.time;
+	if (restart->futex.flags & FLAGS_HAS_TIMEOUT) {
+		t.tv64 = restart->futex.time;
+		tp = &t;
+	}
 	restart->fn = do_no_restart_syscall;
 	if (restart->futex.flags & FLAGS_SHARED)
 		fshared = 1;
-	return (long)futex_wait(uaddr, fshared, restart->futex.val, &t,
+	return (long)futex_wait(uaddr, fshared, restart->futex.val, tp,
 				restart->futex.bitset,
 				restart->futex.flags & FLAGS_CLOCKRT);
 }