diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c
index 98cfc90cab1..2bb84214e5f 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/time.c
@@ -371,6 +371,11 @@ ia64_setup_printk_clock(void)
 		ia64_printk_clock = ia64_itc_printk_clock;
 }
 
+/* IA64 doesn't cache the timezone */
+void update_vsyscall_tz(void)
+{
+}
+
 void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall, struct clocksource *c)
 {
         unsigned long flags;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
index 8a67e282cb5..f24e8acdec9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
@@ -64,6 +64,16 @@ struct vsyscall_gtod_data __vsyscall_gtod_data __section_vsyscall_gtod_data =
 	.sysctl_enabled = 1,
 };
 
+void update_vsyscall_tz(void)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	write_seqlock_irqsave(&vsyscall_gtod_data.lock, flags);
+	/* sys_tz has changed */
+	vsyscall_gtod_data.sys_tz = sys_tz;
+	write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&vsyscall_gtod_data.lock, flags);
+}
+
 void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall_time, struct clocksource *clock)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -77,7 +87,6 @@ void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall_time, struct clocksource *clock)
 	vsyscall_gtod_data.clock.shift = clock->shift;
 	vsyscall_gtod_data.wall_time_sec = wall_time->tv_sec;
 	vsyscall_gtod_data.wall_time_nsec = wall_time->tv_nsec;
-	vsyscall_gtod_data.sys_tz = sys_tz;
 	vsyscall_gtod_data.wall_to_monotonic = wall_to_monotonic;
 	write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&vsyscall_gtod_data.lock, flags);
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/clocksource.h b/include/linux/clocksource.h
index 16ea3374ddd..107787aacb6 100644
--- a/include/linux/clocksource.h
+++ b/include/linux/clocksource.h
@@ -221,10 +221,15 @@ extern void clocksource_resume(void);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
 extern void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *ts, struct clocksource *c);
+extern void update_vsyscall_tz(void);
 #else
 static inline void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *ts, struct clocksource *c)
 {
 }
+
+static inline void update_vsyscall_tz(void)
+{
+}
 #endif
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_CLOCKSOURCE_H */
diff --git a/kernel/time.c b/kernel/time.c
index 2d5b6a68213..d9725bdcd04 100644
--- a/kernel/time.c
+++ b/kernel/time.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/timex.h>
 #include <linux/capability.h>
+#include <linux/clocksource.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ int do_sys_settimeofday(struct timespec *tv, struct timezone *tz)
 	if (tz) {
 		/* SMP safe, global irq locking makes it work. */
 		sys_tz = *tz;
+		update_vsyscall_tz();
 		if (firsttime) {
 			firsttime = 0;
 			if (!tv)