diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c b/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c
index 8eb902fe73a98..6b36003567975 100644
--- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c
+++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_chardev.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2010 OMICRON electronics GmbH
  */
+#include <linux/compat.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/posix-clock.h>
 #include <linux/poll.h>
@@ -124,6 +125,9 @@ long ptp_ioctl(struct posix_clock *pc, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	struct timespec64 ts;
 	int enable, err = 0;
 
+	if (in_compat_syscall() && cmd != PTP_ENABLE_PPS && cmd != PTP_ENABLE_PPS2)
+		arg = (unsigned long)compat_ptr(arg);
+
 	switch (cmd) {
 
 	case PTP_CLOCK_GETCAPS: