diff --git a/net/dccp/sysctl.c b/net/dccp/sysctl.c
index 607ab71b5a0c..53731e45403c 100644
--- a/net/dccp/sysctl.c
+++ b/net/dccp/sysctl.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 /* Boundary values */
 static int		zero     = 0,
+			one      = 1,
 			u8_max   = 0xFF;
 static unsigned long	seqw_min = DCCPF_SEQ_WMIN,
 			seqw_max = 0xFFFFFFFF;		/* maximum on 32 bit */
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ static struct ctl_table dccp_default_table[] = {
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(sysctl_dccp_request_retries),
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
-		.extra1		= &zero,
+		.extra1		= &one,
 		.extra2		= &u8_max,
 	},
 	{