diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ftp.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ftp.c
index 4490a32ad5b2fbfb3b47f3df0b21e54b30020597..538d74ee4f68bc18e7bb379d7432388aba305425 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ftp.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ftp.c
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@
  * List of ports (up to IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS) to be handled by helper
  * First port is set to the default port.
  */
+static unsigned int ports_count = 1;
 static unsigned short ports[IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS] = {21, 0};
-module_param_array(ports, ushort, NULL, 0);
+module_param_array(ports, ushort, &ports_count, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ports, "Ports to monitor for FTP control commands");
 
 
@@ -449,7 +450,7 @@ static int __net_init __ip_vs_ftp_init(struct net *net)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_exit;
 
-	for (i=0; i<IP_VS_APP_MAX_PORTS; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < ports_count; i++) {
 		if (!ports[i])
 			continue;
 		ret = register_ip_vs_app_inc(net, app, app->protocol, ports[i]);