diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 3e56d2f..ab59ac0 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@
 		.data		= &softlockup_panic,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= &proc_doulongvec_minmax,
+		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec_minmax,
 		.strategy	= &sysctl_intvec,
 		.extra1		= &zero,
 		.extra2		= &one,