diff --git a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h b/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
index e7831d203737..35e7eca4e33b 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
@@ -118,9 +118,7 @@ extern int mq_init_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns);
  *     the new maximum will handle anyone else.  I may have to revisit this
  *     in the future.
  */
-#define MIN_QUEUESMAX			1
 #define DFLT_QUEUESMAX		      256
-#define HARD_QUEUESMAX		     1024
 #define MIN_MSGMAX			1
 #define DFLT_MSG		       10U
 #define DFLT_MSGMAX		       10
diff --git a/ipc/mq_sysctl.c b/ipc/mq_sysctl.c
index 383d638340b8..5bb8bfe67149 100644
--- a/ipc/mq_sysctl.c
+++ b/ipc/mq_sysctl.c
@@ -22,6 +22,16 @@ static void *get_mq(ctl_table *table)
 	return which;
 }
 
+static int proc_mq_dointvec(ctl_table *table, int write,
+			    void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	struct ctl_table mq_table;
+	memcpy(&mq_table, table, sizeof(mq_table));
+	mq_table.data = get_mq(table);
+
+	return proc_dointvec(&mq_table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+}
+
 static int proc_mq_dointvec_minmax(ctl_table *table, int write,
 	void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
@@ -33,12 +43,10 @@ static int proc_mq_dointvec_minmax(ctl_table *table, int write,
 					lenp, ppos);
 }
 #else
+#define proc_mq_dointvec NULL
 #define proc_mq_dointvec_minmax NULL
 #endif
 
-static int msg_queues_limit_min = MIN_QUEUESMAX;
-static int msg_queues_limit_max = HARD_QUEUESMAX;
-
 static int msg_max_limit_min = MIN_MSGMAX;
 static int msg_max_limit_max = HARD_MSGMAX;
 
@@ -51,9 +59,7 @@ static ctl_table mq_sysctls[] = {
 		.data		= &init_ipc_ns.mq_queues_max,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_mq_dointvec_minmax,
-		.extra1		= &msg_queues_limit_min,
-		.extra2		= &msg_queues_limit_max,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_mq_dointvec,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "msg_max",
diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index ccf1f9fd263a..c3b31179122c 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -433,9 +433,9 @@ static int mqueue_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		error = -EACCES;
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
-	if (ipc_ns->mq_queues_count >= HARD_QUEUESMAX ||
-	    (ipc_ns->mq_queues_count >= ipc_ns->mq_queues_max &&
-	     !capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))) {
+
+	if (ipc_ns->mq_queues_count >= ipc_ns->mq_queues_max &&
+	    !capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE)) {
 		error = -ENOSPC;
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}