diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index 30d606afcafe98c9f22cce117082cc3cb2af83ed..7ca198b379afb59b1cc1d6a653926a03b35123cd 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ static inline int is_vm_hugetlb_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 }
 
 int hugetlb_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *, int, struct file *, void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
+int hugetlb_overcommit_handler(struct ctl_table *, int, struct file *, void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
 int hugetlb_treat_movable_handler(struct ctl_table *, int, struct file *, void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
 int copy_hugetlb_page_range(struct mm_struct *, struct mm_struct *, struct vm_area_struct *);
 int follow_hugetlb_page(struct mm_struct *, struct vm_area_struct *, struct page **, struct vm_area_struct **, unsigned long *, int *, int, int);
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 8c98d8147d883ac977d08ff8189b7fd4c1042136..9dadc9d88a03fee152dab6f83cfc6357ed5e405c 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
 		.data		= &nr_overcommit_huge_pages,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(nr_overcommit_huge_pages),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= &proc_doulongvec_minmax,
+		.proc_handler	= &hugetlb_overcommit_handler,
 	},
 #endif
 	{
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 1a5642074e342532f4a844ed0d2fdc86bd9b5de9..d9a380312467d7d13f70064c50b6c718e38f55a6 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -605,6 +605,16 @@ int hugetlb_treat_movable_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int hugetlb_overcommit_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+			struct file *file, void __user *buffer,
+			size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
+	proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, file, buffer, length, ppos);
+	spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
 
 int hugetlb_report_meminfo(char *buf)