diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
index 43fb1600f1f03904846bc3d53a98c73e0f729a61..fbe7714f21d08593beecb3945f2f85848b506be8 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
@@ -31,10 +31,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(inet_csk_timer_bug_msg);
 
 /*
  * This array holds the first and last local port number.
- * For high-usage systems, use sysctl to change this to
- * 32768-61000
  */
-int sysctl_local_port_range[2] = { 1024, 4999 };
+int sysctl_local_port_range[2] = { 32768, 61000 };
 
 int inet_csk_bind_conflict(const struct sock *sk,
 			   const struct inet_bind_bucket *tb)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 766314505c096b80ede892a483b5df9d35239da0..cd3c7e95de9e07296de8583fdc5b3df73aa45cdf 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -2464,13 +2464,10 @@ void __init tcp_init(void)
 			order++)
 		;
 	if (order >= 4) {
-		sysctl_local_port_range[0] = 32768;
-		sysctl_local_port_range[1] = 61000;
 		tcp_death_row.sysctl_max_tw_buckets = 180000;
 		sysctl_tcp_max_orphans = 4096 << (order - 4);
 		sysctl_max_syn_backlog = 1024;
 	} else if (order < 3) {
-		sysctl_local_port_range[0] = 1024 * (3 - order);
 		tcp_death_row.sysctl_max_tw_buckets >>= (3 - order);
 		sysctl_tcp_max_orphans >>= (3 - order);
 		sysctl_max_syn_backlog = 128;