diff -up ./fs/utimes.c.touchkludge ./fs/utimes.c
--- ./fs/utimes.c.touchkludge	2008-08-20 20:54:10.000000000 +0400
+++ ./fs/utimes.c	2008-08-20 21:07:40.000000000 +0400
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ asmlinkage long sys_utimensat(int dfd, c
 {
 	struct timespec tstimes[2];
 	struct timeval time[2];
+
+	if (filename == NULL)
+		/*
+		 * a kludge for thuse, checking for utimensat
+		 * availability via this maneuver
+		 */
+		return -ENOSYS;
+
 	if (utimes) {
 		if (copy_from_user(&tstimes, utimes, sizeof(tstimes)))
 			return -EFAULT;