diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index 8d27d10807..4f2f9eb12b 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -11871,7 +11871,10 @@ static abi_long do_syscall1(void *cpu_env, int num, abi_long arg1,
         struct target_rlimit64 *target_rnew, *target_rold;
         struct host_rlimit64 rnew, rold, *rnewp = 0;
         int resource = target_to_host_resource(arg2);
-        if (arg3) {
+
+        if (arg3 && (resource != RLIMIT_AS &&
+                     resource != RLIMIT_DATA &&
+                     resource != RLIMIT_STACK)) {
             if (!lock_user_struct(VERIFY_READ, target_rnew, arg3, 1)) {
                 return -TARGET_EFAULT;
             }