--- linux-user/syscall.c.old	Mon May  3 03:42:59 2004
+++ linux-user/syscall.c	Mon May  3 03:30:19 2004
@@ -1728,12 +1734,14 @@
         ret = get_errno(pause());
         break;
     case TARGET_NR_utime:
-        {
+        if (arg2) {
             struct utimbuf tbuf;
             struct target_utimbuf *target_tbuf = (void *)arg2;
             tbuf.actime = tswapl(target_tbuf->actime);
             tbuf.modtime = tswapl(target_tbuf->modtime);
             ret = get_errno(utime((const char *)arg1, &tbuf));
+        } else {
+            ret = get_errno(utime((const char *)arg1, NULL));
         }
         break;