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diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 9bdf94f3ae29..9e157e0240d4 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1661,8 +1661,19 @@ asmlinkage long sys_setrlimit(unsigned int resource, struct rlimit __user *rlim)
it_prof_secs = cputime_to_secs(current->signal->it_prof_expires);
if (it_prof_secs == 0 || new_rlim.rlim_cur <= it_prof_secs) {
- cputime_t cputime = secs_to_cputime(new_rlim.rlim_cur);
+ unsigned long rlim_cur = new_rlim.rlim_cur;
+ cputime_t cputime;
+ if (rlim_cur == 0) {
+ /*
+ * The caller is asking for an immediate RLIMIT_CPU
+ * expiry. But we use the zero value to mean "it was
+ * never set". So let's cheat and make it one second
+ * instead
+ */
+ rlim_cur = 1;
+ }
+ cputime = secs_to_cputime(rlim_cur);
read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
set_process_cpu_timer(current, CPUCLOCK_PROF, &cputime, NULL);