diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/sem.h b/include/uapi/linux/sem.h
index 541fce03b50c..dd73b908b2f3 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/sem.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/sem.h
@@ -63,10 +63,22 @@ struct  seminfo {
 	int semaem;
 };
 
-#define SEMMNI  128             /* <= IPCMNI  max # of semaphore identifiers */
-#define SEMMSL  250             /* <= 8 000 max num of semaphores per id */
+/*
+ * SEMMNI, SEMMSL and SEMMNS are default values which can be
+ * modified by sysctl.
+ * The values has been chosen to be larger than necessary for any
+ * known configuration.
+ *
+ * SEMOPM should not be increased beyond 1000, otherwise there is the
+ * risk that semop()/semtimedop() fails due to kernel memory fragmentation when
+ * allocating the sop array.
+ */
+
+
+#define SEMMNI  32000           /* <= IPCMNI  max # of semaphore identifiers */
+#define SEMMSL  32000           /* <= INT_MAX max num of semaphores per id */
 #define SEMMNS  (SEMMNI*SEMMSL) /* <= INT_MAX max # of semaphores in system */
-#define SEMOPM  32	        /* <= 1 000 max num of ops per semop call */
+#define SEMOPM  500	        /* <= 1 000 max num of ops per semop call */
 #define SEMVMX  32767           /* <= 32767 semaphore maximum value */
 #define SEMAEM  SEMVMX          /* adjust on exit max value */