diff --git a/src/header/sys_time/mod.rs b/src/header/sys_time/mod.rs
index c6c468525a..b65a5c0ea7 100644
--- a/src/header/sys_time/mod.rs
+++ b/src/header/sys_time/mod.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ use crate::{
         types::{c_char, c_int, c_long},
     },
 };
-use core::ptr::null;
 
 /// See <https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/sys_time.h.html>.
 ///
@@ -123,11 +122,10 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn setitimer(
 #[unsafe(no_mangle)]
 pub unsafe extern "C" fn utimes(path: *const c_char, times: *const timeval) -> c_int {
     let path = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(path) };
-    // Nullptr is valid here, it means "use current time"
     let times_spec = if times.is_null() {
-        null()
+        None
     } else {
-        [
+        Some([
             timespec {
                 tv_sec: unsafe { (*times.offset(0)).tv_sec },
                 tv_nsec: c_long::from(unsafe { (*times.offset(0)).tv_usec }) * 1000,
@@ -136,10 +134,14 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn utimes(path: *const c_char, times: *const timeval) -> c
                 tv_sec: unsafe { (*times.offset(1)).tv_sec },
                 tv_nsec: c_long::from(unsafe { (*times.offset(1)).tv_usec }) * 1000,
             },
-        ]
-        .as_ptr()
+        ])
     };
-    unsafe { Sys::utimens(path, times_spec) }
+    let times_ptr = match &times_spec {
+        Some(times_spec) => times_spec.as_ptr(),
+        // Nullptr is valid here, it means "use current time"
+        None => core::ptr::null(),
+    };
+    unsafe { Sys::utimens(path, times_ptr) }
         .map(|()| 0)
         .or_minus_one_errno()
 }
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.tests.mk b/tests/Makefile.tests.mk
index 7840dcc14f..c0928d117a 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.tests.mk
+++ b/tests/Makefile.tests.mk
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ VARIED_NAMES=\
 	sys_socket/getpeername \
 	sys_stat/stat \
 	sys_statvfs/statvfs \
+	sys_time/utimes \
 	sys_utsname/uname \
 	time/gettimeofday \
 	unistd/chdir \
diff --git a/tests/expected/sys_time/utimes.stdout b/tests/expected/sys_time/utimes.stdout
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/tests/sys_time/utimes.c b/tests/sys_time/utimes.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c18cfc4fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sys_time/utimes.c
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include "test_helpers.h"
+
+int main() {
+    const char *test_file = "utimes.txt";
+    struct stat st;
+    struct timeval times[2];
+
+    int fd = open(test_file, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0666);
+    ERROR_IF(open, fd, == -1);
+    close(fd);
+
+    times[0].tv_sec = 100;
+    times[0].tv_usec = 0;
+    times[1].tv_sec = 200;
+    times[1].tv_usec = 0;
+
+    int utime_status = utimes(test_file, times); 
+    ERROR_IF(utimes, utime_status, == -1);
+
+    int stat_status = stat(test_file, &st);
+    ERROR_IF(stat, stat_status, == -1);
+
+    UNEXP_IF(utimes_atime, st.st_atime, != times[0].tv_sec);
+    UNEXP_IF(utimes_mtime, st.st_mtime, != times[1].tv_sec);
+
+    int unlink_status = unlink(test_file);
+    ERROR_IF(unlink, unlink_status, == -1);
+
+    return 0;
+}
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