diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 2d3b388..31c19a7 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -84,12 +84,13 @@
 extern int sysctl_nr_open_min, sysctl_nr_open_max;
 
 /* Constants used for minimum and  maximum */
-#if defined(CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP) || defined(CONFIG_HIGHMEM)
+#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
 static int one = 1;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
 static int sixty = 60;
+static int neg_one = -1;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
@@ -742,11 +743,11 @@
 		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
 		.procname	= "softlockup_thresh",
 		.data		= &softlockup_thresh,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned long),
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= &proc_doulongvec_minmax,
+		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec_minmax,
 		.strategy	= &sysctl_intvec,
-		.extra1		= &one,
+		.extra1		= &neg_one,
 		.extra2		= &sixty,
 	},
 	{