diff --git a/include/net/ip_vs.h b/include/net/ip_vs.h
index 1b13cef4b547ee2f54b2993679fe6537bacfcb33..38f4f690b186e9b8cbeacb43c20f1a97a0a9678b 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_vs.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_vs.h
@@ -621,16 +621,8 @@ extern void ip_vs_init_hash_table(struct list_head *table, int rows);
 #ifndef CONFIG_IP_VS_TAB_BITS
 #define CONFIG_IP_VS_TAB_BITS   12
 #endif
-/* make sure that IP_VS_CONN_TAB_BITS is located in [8, 20] */
-#if CONFIG_IP_VS_TAB_BITS < 8
-#define IP_VS_CONN_TAB_BITS	8
-#endif
-#if CONFIG_IP_VS_TAB_BITS > 20
-#define IP_VS_CONN_TAB_BITS	20
-#endif
-#if 8 <= CONFIG_IP_VS_TAB_BITS && CONFIG_IP_VS_TAB_BITS <= 20
+
 #define IP_VS_CONN_TAB_BITS	CONFIG_IP_VS_TAB_BITS
-#endif
 #define IP_VS_CONN_TAB_SIZE     (1 << IP_VS_CONN_TAB_BITS)
 #define IP_VS_CONN_TAB_MASK     (IP_VS_CONN_TAB_SIZE - 1)
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipvs/Kconfig b/net/ipv4/ipvs/Kconfig
index 794cecb249aff006d267695e881b6faa13a8810c..de6004de80bcb4b72506c5409e0744b9544c9b84 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipvs/Kconfig
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipvs/Kconfig
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ config	IP_VS_DEBUG
 
 config	IP_VS_TAB_BITS
 	int "IPVS connection table size (the Nth power of 2)"
-	default "12" 
+	range 8 20
+	default 12
 	---help---
 	  The IPVS connection hash table uses the chaining scheme to handle
 	  hash collisions. Using a big IPVS connection hash table will greatly