diff --git a/kernel/itimer.c b/kernel/itimer.c
index c70369a74b5a59c52876b57c62e3207a2d4943b9..8d262b4675738d21bea752d65a47117c3d8ae514 100644
--- a/kernel/itimer.c
+++ b/kernel/itimer.c
@@ -285,9 +285,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(setitimer, int, which, struct itimerval __user *, value,
 		if(copy_from_user(&set_buffer, value, sizeof(set_buffer)))
 			return -EFAULT;
 	} else {
-		memset((char *) &set_buffer, 0, sizeof(set_buffer));
-		WARN_ONCE(1, "setitimer: new_value pointer is NULL."
-			  " Misfeature support will be removed\n");
+		memset(&set_buffer, 0, sizeof(set_buffer));
+		printk_once(KERN_WARNING "%s calls setitimer() with new_value NULL pointer."
+			    " Misfeature support will be removed\n",
+			    current->comm);
 	}
 
 	error = do_setitimer(which, &set_buffer, ovalue ? &get_buffer : NULL);