diff --git a/net/tipc/sysctl.c b/net/tipc/sysctl.c
index 3481e4906bd6a4a3e1f27ec5d49106090c7ec7f1..9df82a573aa7768f583999e740022ce00295bbd4 100644
--- a/net/tipc/sysctl.c
+++ b/net/tipc/sysctl.c
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
 
+static int zero;
+static int one = 1;
 static struct ctl_table_header *tipc_ctl_hdr;
 
 static struct ctl_table tipc_table[] = {
@@ -46,14 +48,16 @@ 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,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "named_timeout",
 		.data		= &sysctl_tipc_named_timeout,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(sysctl_tipc_named_timeout),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1         = &zero,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname       = "sk_filter",