diff --git a/kernel/hung_task.c b/kernel/hung_task.c
index 3e97fb1..0422523 100644
--- a/kernel/hung_task.c
+++ b/kernel/hung_task.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 /*
  * The number of tasks checked:
  */
-unsigned long __read_mostly sysctl_hung_task_check_count = PID_MAX_LIMIT;
+int __read_mostly sysctl_hung_task_check_count = PID_MAX_LIMIT;
 
 /*
  * Limit number of tasks checked in a batch.
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",