diff --git a/net/tipc/sysctl.c b/net/tipc/sysctl.c
index f3fef93325a8..a4125b069833 100644
--- a/net/tipc/sysctl.c
+++ b/net/tipc/sysctl.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
 
+static int one = 1;
 static struct ctl_table_header *tipc_ctl_hdr;
 
 static struct ctl_table tipc_table[] = {
@@ -45,7 +46,8 @@ static struct ctl_table tipc_table[] = {
 		.data		= &sysctl_tipc_rmem,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(sysctl_tipc_rmem),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1         = &one,
 	},
 	{}
 };