diff --git a/include/net/netns/ipv4.h b/include/net/netns/ipv4.h
index d2c0a6592ff6c0a3e954c157d109bf22d7bb701b..00f250ee441973586198014df8791c60ae298565 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/ipv4.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/ipv4.h
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ struct netns_ipv4 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_L3_MASTER_DEV
 	u8 sysctl_raw_l3mdev_accept;
 #endif
-	int sysctl_tcp_early_demux;
-	int sysctl_udp_early_demux;
+	u8 sysctl_tcp_early_demux;
+	u8 sysctl_udp_early_demux;
 
 	u8 sysctl_nexthop_compat_mode;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
index 713e0c0c91e918274cb7cdf7212a6a3e5b8e140c..510a326356127c0a822f9a1215737a5c843fd58c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ static int proc_tcp_early_demux(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	ret = proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+	ret = proc_dou8vec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 
 	if (write && !ret) {
 		int enabled = init_net.ipv4.sysctl_tcp_early_demux;
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ static int proc_udp_early_demux(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	ret = proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+	ret = proc_dou8vec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 
 	if (write && !ret) {
 		int enabled = init_net.ipv4.sysctl_udp_early_demux;
@@ -683,14 +683,14 @@ static struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = {
 	{
 		.procname       = "udp_early_demux",
 		.data           = &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_udp_early_demux,
-		.maxlen         = sizeof(int),
+		.maxlen         = sizeof(u8),
 		.mode           = 0644,
 		.proc_handler   = proc_udp_early_demux
 	},
 	{
 		.procname       = "tcp_early_demux",
 		.data           = &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_tcp_early_demux,
-		.maxlen         = sizeof(int),
+		.maxlen         = sizeof(u8),
 		.mode           = 0644,
 		.proc_handler   = proc_tcp_early_demux
 	},