diff --git a/net/sctp/sysctl.c b/net/sctp/sysctl.c
index 832590b..50cb57f 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sysctl.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sysctl.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 static int addr_scope_max = 3; /* check sctp_scope_policy_t in include/net/sctp/constants.h for max entries */
 static int rwnd_scale_max = 16;
 
-extern int sysctl_sctp_mem[3];
+extern long sysctl_sctp_mem[3];
 extern int sysctl_sctp_rmem[3];
 extern int sysctl_sctp_wmem[3];
 
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
 		.data		= &sysctl_sctp_mem,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(sysctl_sctp_mem),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_doulongvec_minmax
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "sctp_rmem",