diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 2cfcd74..32a8bbd 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -1188,6 +1188,17 @@
 }
 __initcall(start_dirtytime_writeback);
 
+int dirtytime_interval_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+			       void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+	if (ret == 0 && write)
+		mod_delayed_work(system_wq, &dirtytime_work, 0);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static noinline void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	if (inode->i_ino || strcmp(inode->i_sb->s_id, "bdev")) {