diff --git a/ipc/msg.c b/ipc/msg.c
index 805ee08..9e72111 100644
--- a/ipc/msg.c
+++ b/ipc/msg.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/msg.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
@@ -77,11 +78,45 @@
 static int sysvipc_msg_proc_show(struct seq_file *s, void *it);
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Scale msgmni with the available lowmem size: the memory dedicated to msg
+ * queues should occupy at most 1/MSG_MEM_SCALE of lowmem.
+ * This should be done staying within the (MSGMNI , IPCMNI) range.
+ */
+static void recompute_msgmni(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
+{
+	struct sysinfo i;
+	unsigned long allowed;
+
+	si_meminfo(&i);
+	allowed = (((i.totalram - i.totalhigh) / MSG_MEM_SCALE) * i.mem_unit)
+		/ MSGMNB;
+
+	if (allowed < MSGMNI) {
+		ns->msg_ctlmni = MSGMNI;
+		goto out_callback;
+	}
+
+	if (allowed > IPCMNI) {
+		ns->msg_ctlmni = IPCMNI;
+		goto out_callback;
+	}
+
+	ns->msg_ctlmni = allowed;
+
+out_callback:
+
+	printk(KERN_INFO "msgmni has been set to %d for ipc namespace %p\n",
+		ns->msg_ctlmni, ns);
+}
+
 void msg_init_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
 {
 	ns->msg_ctlmax = MSGMAX;
 	ns->msg_ctlmnb = MSGMNB;
-	ns->msg_ctlmni = MSGMNI;
+
+	recompute_msgmni(ns);
+
 	atomic_set(&ns->msg_bytes, 0);
 	atomic_set(&ns->msg_hdrs, 0);
 	ipc_init_ids(&ns->ids[IPC_MSG_IDS]);