diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 234d945..d5b79f6 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1450,14 +1450,22 @@
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (copy_from_user(&new_rlim, rlim, sizeof(*rlim)))
 		return -EFAULT;
-	if (new_rlim.rlim_cur > new_rlim.rlim_max)
-		return -EINVAL;
 	old_rlim = current->signal->rlim + resource;
 	if ((new_rlim.rlim_max > old_rlim->rlim_max) &&
 	    !capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
 		return -EPERM;
-	if (resource == RLIMIT_NOFILE && new_rlim.rlim_max > sysctl_nr_open)
-		return -EPERM;
+
+	if (resource == RLIMIT_NOFILE) {
+		if (new_rlim.rlim_max == RLIM_INFINITY)
+			new_rlim.rlim_max = sysctl_nr_open;
+		if (new_rlim.rlim_cur == RLIM_INFINITY)
+			new_rlim.rlim_cur = sysctl_nr_open;
+		if (new_rlim.rlim_max > sysctl_nr_open)
+			return -EPERM;
+	}
+
+	if (new_rlim.rlim_cur > new_rlim.rlim_max)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	retval = security_task_setrlimit(resource, &new_rlim);
 	if (retval)