diff --git a/sbin/ping/ping.c b/sbin/ping/ping.c
index a0ef901d63c0..7b2e09b8047b 100644
--- a/sbin/ping/ping.c
+++ b/sbin/ping/ping.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static const char copyright[] =
 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)ping.c	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93";
 */
 static const char rcsid[] =
-	"$Id: ping.c,v 1.34 1998/05/16 00:19:27 jb Exp $";
+	"$Id: ping.c,v 1.35 1998/05/25 03:50:51 steve Exp $";
 #endif /* not lint */
 
 /*
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ double tsumsq = 0.0;		/* sum of all times squared, for std. dev. */
 volatile sig_atomic_t finish_up;  /* nonzero if we've been told to finish up */
 int reset_kerninfo;
 volatile sig_atomic_t siginfo_p;
-volatile time_t lasttime;
 
 static void fill(char *, char *);
 static u_short in_cksum(u_short *, int);
@@ -213,7 +212,6 @@ main(argc, argv)
 	uid = getuid();
 
 	preload = 0;
-	lasttime = 0;
 
 	datap = &outpack[8 + PHDR_LEN];
 	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "I:LQRT:c:adfi:l:np:qrs:v")) != -1) {
@@ -523,29 +521,19 @@ catcher(int sig)
 {
 	int waittime;
 	struct sigaction si_sa;
-	time_t timenow;
-
-	if (nreceived) {
-		waittime = 2 * tmax / 1000;
-		if (!waittime)
-			waittime = 1;
-	} else
-		waittime = MAXWAIT;
-
-	/*
-	 * Die if SIGALRM is caught earlier than it should have been. This
-	 * is usually the result of someone sending thousands of SIGALRMs
-	 * in an attempt to simulate a ping -f (flood).
-	 */
-	if(time((time_t *)&timenow) < lasttime + waittime)
-		exit(0);
-	lasttime = timenow;
 
 	pinger();
-	
+
 	if (!npackets || ntransmitted < npackets)
 		(void)alarm((u_int)interval);
 	else {
+		if (nreceived) {
+			waittime = 2 * tmax / 1000;
+			if (!waittime)
+				waittime = 1;
+		} else
+			waittime = MAXWAIT;
+
 		si_sa.sa_handler = stopit;
 		sigemptyset(&si_sa.sa_mask);
 		si_sa.sa_flags = 0;