diff --git a/Kernel/Process.cpp b/Kernel/Process.cpp
index f19bf33530..eaec04e787 100644
--- a/Kernel/Process.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/Process.cpp
@@ -1432,25 +1432,21 @@ int Process::sys$close(int fd)
     return rc;
 }
 
-int Process::sys$utime(const char* pathname, const utimbuf* buf)
+int Process::sys$utime(const char* user_path, size_t path_length, const utimbuf* user_buf)
 {
-    SmapDisabler disabler;
-    if (!validate_read_str(pathname))
+    if (user_buf && !validate_read_typed(user_buf))
         return -EFAULT;
-    if (buf && !validate_read_typed(buf))
-        return -EFAULT;
-    time_t atime;
-    time_t mtime;
-    if (buf) {
-        atime = buf->actime;
-        mtime = buf->modtime;
+    auto path = get_syscall_path_argument(user_path, path_length);
+    if (path.is_error())
+        return path.error();
+    utimbuf buf;
+    if (user_buf) {
+        copy_from_user(&buf, user_buf, sizeof(buf));
     } else {
-        struct timeval now;
-        kgettimeofday(now);
-        mtime = now.tv_sec;
-        atime = now.tv_sec;
+        auto now = kgettimeofday();
+        buf = { now.tv_sec, now.tv_sec };
     }
-    return VFS::the().utime(StringView(pathname), current_directory(), atime, mtime);
+    return VFS::the().utime(path.value(), current_directory(), buf.actime, buf.modtime);
 }
 
 int Process::sys$access(const char* user_path, size_t path_length, int mode)
diff --git a/Kernel/Process.h b/Kernel/Process.h
index 48faf6aaee..9c8f86a47c 100644
--- a/Kernel/Process.h
+++ b/Kernel/Process.h
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ public:
     int sys$ioctl(int fd, unsigned request, unsigned arg);
     int sys$mkdir(const char* pathname, size_t path_length, mode_t mode);
     clock_t sys$times(tms*);
-    int sys$utime(const char* pathname, const struct utimbuf*);
+    int sys$utime(const char* pathname, size_t path_length, const struct utimbuf*);
     int sys$link(const char* old_path, const char* new_path);
     int sys$unlink(const char* pathname);
     int sys$symlink(const char* target, const char* linkpath);
diff --git a/Libraries/LibC/utime.cpp b/Libraries/LibC/utime.cpp
index 761d2e60da..7b6955c071 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibC/utime.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibC/utime.cpp
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 #include <Kernel/Syscall.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <utime.h>
 
 extern "C" {
 
 int utime(const char* pathname, const struct utimbuf* buf)
 {
-    int rc = syscall(SC_utime, (u32)pathname, (u32)buf);
+    if (!pathname) {
+        errno = EFAULT;
+        return -1;
+    }
+    int rc = syscall(SC_utime, pathname, strlen(pathname), buf);
     __RETURN_WITH_ERRNO(rc, rc, -1);
 }
 }