diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 2eb5987091ea..b9d53b53d769 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_sys_dir_file_operations;
 static const struct inode_operations proc_sys_dir_operations;
 
 /* shared constants to be used in various sysctls */
-const int sysctl_vals[] = { -1, 0, 1, 2, 4, 100, 200, 1000, 3000, INT_MAX };
+const int sysctl_vals[] = { -1, 0, 1, 2, 4, 100, 200, 1000, 3000, INT_MAX, 65535 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysctl_vals);
 
 const unsigned long sysctl_long_vals[] = { 0, 1, LONG_MAX };
diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index 2de6d20d191b..bb921eb8a02d 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ struct ctl_dir;
 #define SYSCTL_THREE_THOUSAND		((void *)&sysctl_vals[8])
 #define SYSCTL_INT_MAX			((void *)&sysctl_vals[9])
 
+/* this is needed for the proc_dointvec_minmax for [fs_]overflow UID and GID */
+#define SYSCTL_MAXOLDUID		((void *)&sysctl_vals[10])
+
 extern const int sysctl_vals[];
 
 #define SYSCTL_LONG_ZERO	((void *)&sysctl_long_vals[0])
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 4d182fb5c22e..5bbb4c59dd1a 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -110,10 +110,6 @@ static const int six_hundred_forty_kb = 640 * 1024;
 /* this is needed for the proc_doulongvec_minmax of vm_dirty_bytes */
 static const unsigned long dirty_bytes_min = 2 * PAGE_SIZE;
 
-/* this is needed for the proc_dointvec_minmax for [fs_]overflow UID and GID */
-static const int maxolduid = 65535;
-/* minolduid is SYSCTL_ZERO */
-
 static const int ngroups_max = NGROUPS_MAX;
 static const int cap_last_cap = CAP_LAST_CAP;
 
@@ -2127,7 +2123,7 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
 		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
-		.extra2		= (void *)&maxolduid,
+		.extra2		= SYSCTL_MAXOLDUID,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "overflowgid",
@@ -2136,7 +2132,7 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
 		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
-		.extra2		= (void *)&maxolduid,
+		.extra2		= SYSCTL_MAXOLDUID,
 	},
 #ifdef CONFIG_S390
 	{
@@ -2908,7 +2904,7 @@ static struct ctl_table fs_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
 		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
-		.extra2		= (void *)&maxolduid,
+		.extra2		= SYSCTL_MAXOLDUID,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "overflowgid",
@@ -2917,7 +2913,7 @@ static struct ctl_table fs_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
 		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
-		.extra2		= (void *)&maxolduid,
+		.extra2		= SYSCTL_MAXOLDUID,
 	},
 #ifdef CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING
 	{