diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index b2f06f3..b24ed7f 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -962,9 +962,10 @@
 	{
 		.procname	= "hung_task_check_count",
 		.data		= &sysctl_hung_task_check_count,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned long),
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_doulongvec_minmax,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &zero,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "hung_task_timeout_secs",