diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 94638f695e60..cb650bb9da68 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
 		.data		= &sysctl_compact_unevictable_allowed,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
 		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
 		.extra2		= SYSCTL_ONE,
 	},