diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 6648fbbb8157..423554ad3610 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -367,7 +367,8 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.data		= &sysctl_sched_time_avg,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &one,
 	},
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
 	{