diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index f54afed..93a2c53 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@
 extern int no_unaligned_warning;
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RT_MUTEXES
+extern int max_lock_depth;
+#endif
+
 static int parse_table(int __user *, int, void __user *, size_t __user *, void __user *, size_t,
 		       ctl_table *, void **);
 static int proc_doutsstring(ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp,
@@ -688,6 +692,17 @@
 		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
 	},
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_RT_MUTEXES
+	{
+		.ctl_name	= KERN_MAX_LOCK_DEPTH,
+		.procname	= "max_lock_depth",
+		.data		= &max_lock_depth,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
+	},
+#endif
+
 	{ .ctl_name = 0 }
 };