diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index ebe94f2cab9811e62f0ea1d64c0d6c75838d0367..260f30b2def61934ccf047383b2cdf8e00ca7770 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -1199,7 +1199,8 @@ tag - INTEGER
 xfrm4_gc_thresh - INTEGER
 	The threshold at which we will start garbage collecting for IPv4
 	destination cache entries.  At twice this value the system will
-	refuse new allocations.
+	refuse new allocations. The value must be set below the flowcache
+	limit (4096 * number of online cpus) to take effect.
 
 igmp_link_local_mcast_reports - BOOLEAN
 	Enable IGMP reports for link local multicast groups in the
@@ -1645,7 +1646,8 @@ ratelimit - INTEGER
 xfrm6_gc_thresh - INTEGER
 	The threshold at which we will start garbage collecting for IPv6
 	destination cache entries.  At twice this value the system will
-	refuse new allocations.
+	refuse new allocations. The value must be set below the flowcache
+	limit (4096 * number of online cpus) to take effect.
 
 
 IPv6 Update by:
diff --git a/net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.c b/net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.c
index 0304d1680ca24048d3aeff551dfe2584706c0d6d..75e8d48c03fb185b031e42e655b9ad4c10374bdd 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.c
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static struct dst_ops xfrm4_dst_ops = {
 	.destroy =		xfrm4_dst_destroy,
 	.ifdown =		xfrm4_dst_ifdown,
 	.local_out =		__ip_local_out,
-	.gc_thresh =		32768,
+	.gc_thresh =		INT_MAX,
 };
 
 static struct xfrm_policy_afinfo xfrm4_policy_afinfo = {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c
index 30caa289c5dbf589270768ce90d15f2990341231..2fad59320b6c32d74a37f5dafe5764de216bdee8 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ static struct dst_ops xfrm6_dst_ops = {
 	.destroy =		xfrm6_dst_destroy,
 	.ifdown =		xfrm6_dst_ifdown,
 	.local_out =		__ip6_local_out,
-	.gc_thresh =		32768,
+	.gc_thresh =		INT_MAX,
 };
 
 static struct xfrm_policy_afinfo xfrm6_policy_afinfo = {