1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index e3d2c7dd59b9..ea78fa101ad6 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ static unsigned long one_ul = 1;
 static int one_hundred = 100;
 static int one_thousand = 1000;
 
+/* this is needed for the proc_doulongvec_minmax of vm_dirty_bytes */
+static unsigned long dirty_bytes_min = 2 * PAGE_SIZE;
+
 /* this is needed for the proc_dointvec_minmax for [fs_]overflow UID and GID */
 static int maxolduid = 65535;
 static int minolduid;
@@ -1006,7 +1009,7 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
                 .mode           = 0644,
                 .proc_handler   = &dirty_bytes_handler,
                 .strategy       = &sysctl_intvec,
-                .extra1         = &one_ul,
+                .extra1         = &dirty_bytes_min,
         },
         {
                 .procname       = "dirty_writeback_centisecs",