diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/pgalloc.c b/arch/s390/mm/pgalloc.c
index 84bd6329a88d..6cf9c9ff2bff 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/pgalloc.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/pgalloc.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ static struct ctl_table page_table_sysctl[] = {
 		.data		= &page_table_allocate_pgste,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
 		.extra1		= &page_table_allocate_pgste_min,
 		.extra2		= &page_table_allocate_pgste_max,
 	},