diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index fe95105992c57f1c81248dd8d3c1c38c3272e0f9..3c5e465296e146b3089adfcec06f6c96c9805ddb 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ tcp_adv_win_scale - INTEGER
 	Count buffering overhead as bytes/2^tcp_adv_win_scale
 	(if tcp_adv_win_scale > 0) or bytes-bytes/2^(-tcp_adv_win_scale),
 	if it is <= 0.
+	Possible values are [-31, 31], inclusive.
 	Default: 2
 
 tcp_allowed_congestion_control - STRING
diff --git a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
index e91911d7aae26656f940a747a6d0ccb91739f39a..1b4ec21497a49756025965e4e17e4bc9466f4f5c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ static int zero;
 static int tcp_retr1_max = 255;
 static int ip_local_port_range_min[] = { 1, 1 };
 static int ip_local_port_range_max[] = { 65535, 65535 };
+static int tcp_adv_win_scale_min = -31;
+static int tcp_adv_win_scale_max = 31;
 
 /* Update system visible IP port range */
 static void set_local_port_range(int range[2])
@@ -426,7 +428,9 @@ static struct ctl_table ipv4_table[] = {
 		.data		= &sysctl_tcp_adv_win_scale,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &tcp_adv_win_scale_min,
+		.extra2		= &tcp_adv_win_scale_max,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "tcp_tw_reuse",