diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index d84742f003a9..a5de1a616c12 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -5199,6 +5199,20 @@ int addrconf_sysctl_forward(struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static
+int addrconf_sysctl_hop_limit(struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
+                              void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	struct ctl_table lctl;
+	int min_hl = 1, max_hl = 255;
+
+	lctl = *ctl;
+	lctl.extra1 = &min_hl;
+	lctl.extra2 = &max_hl;
+
+	return proc_dointvec_minmax(&lctl, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+}
+
 static
 int addrconf_sysctl_mtu(struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
 			void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
@@ -5454,7 +5468,7 @@ static struct addrconf_sysctl_table
 			.data		= &ipv6_devconf.hop_limit,
 			.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 			.mode		= 0644,
-			.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+			.proc_handler	= addrconf_sysctl_hop_limit,
 		},
 		{
 			.procname	= "mtu",