diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index b991f90571b4..aa9274f1c382 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ static struct ctl_table fs_stat_sysctls[] = {
 		.data		= &sysctl_nr_open,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_douintvec_minmax,
 		.extra1		= &sysctl_nr_open_min,
 		.extra2		= &sysctl_nr_open_max,
 	},