diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index cb7c830f7faa..7b5eeadfb254 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.data		= &sysctl_sched_autogroup_enabled,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
 		.extra1		= &zero,
 		.extra2		= &one,
 	},