diff --git a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h b/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
index 8a297a5e794..1372b566e1e 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
@@ -91,10 +91,15 @@ static inline void shm_destroy_orphaned(struct ipc_namespace *ns) {}
 #ifdef CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE
 extern int mq_init_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns);
 /* default values */
+#define MIN_QUEUESMAX  1
 #define DFLT_QUEUESMAX 256     /* max number of message queues */
+#define HARD_QUEUESMAX 1024
+#define MIN_MSGMAX     1
 #define DFLT_MSGMAX    10      /* max number of messages in each queue */
 #define HARD_MSGMAX    (32768*sizeof(void *)/4)
+#define MIN_MSGSIZEMAX  128
 #define DFLT_MSGSIZEMAX 8192   /* max message size */
+#define HARD_MSGSIZEMAX (8192*128)
 #else
 static inline int mq_init_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns) { return 0; }
 #endif
diff --git a/ipc/mq_sysctl.c b/ipc/mq_sysctl.c
index 0c09366b96f..e22336a09b4 100644
--- a/ipc/mq_sysctl.c
+++ b/ipc/mq_sysctl.c
@@ -13,15 +13,6 @@
 #include <linux/ipc_namespace.h>
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
 
-/*
- * Define the ranges various user-specified maximum values can
- * be set to.
- */
-#define MIN_MSGMAX	1		/* min value for msg_max */
-#define MAX_MSGMAX	HARD_MSGMAX	/* max value for msg_max */
-#define MIN_MSGSIZEMAX	128		/* min value for msgsize_max */
-#define MAX_MSGSIZEMAX	(8192*128)	/* max value for msgsize_max */
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL
 static void *get_mq(ctl_table *table)
 {
@@ -31,16 +22,6 @@ static void *get_mq(ctl_table *table)
 	return which;
 }
 
-static int proc_mq_dointvec(ctl_table *table, int write,
-	void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
-{
-	struct ctl_table mq_table;
-	memcpy(&mq_table, table, sizeof(mq_table));
-	mq_table.data = get_mq(table);
-
-	return proc_dointvec(&mq_table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
-}
-
 static int proc_mq_dointvec_minmax(ctl_table *table, int write,
 	void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
@@ -52,15 +33,17 @@ static int proc_mq_dointvec_minmax(ctl_table *table, int write,
 					lenp, ppos);
 }
 #else
-#define proc_mq_dointvec NULL
 #define proc_mq_dointvec_minmax NULL
 #endif
 
+static int msg_queues_limit_min = MIN_QUEUESMAX;
+static int msg_queues_limit_max = HARD_QUEUESMAX;
+
 static int msg_max_limit_min = MIN_MSGMAX;
-static int msg_max_limit_max = MAX_MSGMAX;
+static int msg_max_limit_max = HARD_MSGMAX;
 
 static int msg_maxsize_limit_min = MIN_MSGSIZEMAX;
-static int msg_maxsize_limit_max = MAX_MSGSIZEMAX;
+static int msg_maxsize_limit_max = HARD_MSGSIZEMAX;
 
 static ctl_table mq_sysctls[] = {
 	{
@@ -68,7 +51,9 @@ static ctl_table mq_sysctls[] = {
 		.data		= &init_ipc_ns.mq_queues_max,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_mq_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_mq_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &msg_queues_limit_min,
+		.extra2		= &msg_queues_limit_max,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "msg_max",