diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 45e4bef0012a6747d6608cbb78ba0f700a29d7cb..6665761c006d0a67a5600cebb38d6856906ef9c5 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1131,7 +1131,7 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
 		.data		= &sysctl_max_map_count,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(sysctl_max_map_count),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
 		.extra1		= &zero,
 	},
 #else