diff --git a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h b/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
index 19c19a5eee29..f6c82de12541 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ struct ipc_namespace {
 	int		sem_ctls[4];
 	int		used_sems;
 
-	int		msg_ctlmax;
-	int		msg_ctlmnb;
-	int		msg_ctlmni;
+	unsigned int	msg_ctlmax;
+	unsigned int	msg_ctlmnb;
+	unsigned int	msg_ctlmni;
 	atomic_t	msg_bytes;
 	atomic_t	msg_hdrs;
 	int		auto_msgmni;
diff --git a/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c b/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c
index 130dfece27ac..b0e99deb6d05 100644
--- a/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c
+++ b/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static int proc_ipc_dointvec_minmax_orphans(ctl_table *table, int write,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int proc_ipc_callback_dointvec(ctl_table *table, int write,
+static int proc_ipc_callback_dointvec_minmax(ctl_table *table, int write,
 	void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	struct ctl_table ipc_table;
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static int proc_ipc_callback_dointvec(ctl_table *table, int write,
 	memcpy(&ipc_table, table, sizeof(ipc_table));
 	ipc_table.data = get_ipc(table);
 
-	rc = proc_dointvec(&ipc_table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+	rc = proc_dointvec_minmax(&ipc_table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 
 	if (write && !rc && lenp_bef == *lenp)
 		/*
@@ -152,15 +152,13 @@ static int proc_ipcauto_dointvec_minmax(ctl_table *table, int write,
 #define proc_ipc_dointvec	   NULL
 #define proc_ipc_dointvec_minmax   NULL
 #define proc_ipc_dointvec_minmax_orphans   NULL
-#define proc_ipc_callback_dointvec NULL
+#define proc_ipc_callback_dointvec_minmax  NULL
 #define proc_ipcauto_dointvec_minmax NULL
 #endif
 
 static int zero;
 static int one = 1;
-#ifdef CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE
 static int int_max = INT_MAX;
-#endif
 
 static struct ctl_table ipc_kern_table[] = {
 	{
@@ -198,21 +196,27 @@ static struct ctl_table ipc_kern_table[] = {
 		.data		= &init_ipc_ns.msg_ctlmax,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof (init_ipc_ns.msg_ctlmax),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_ipc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_ipc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &zero,
+		.extra2		= &int_max,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "msgmni",
 		.data		= &init_ipc_ns.msg_ctlmni,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof (init_ipc_ns.msg_ctlmni),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_ipc_callback_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_ipc_callback_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &zero,
+		.extra2		= &int_max,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	=  "msgmnb",
 		.data		= &init_ipc_ns.msg_ctlmnb,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof (init_ipc_ns.msg_ctlmnb),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_ipc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_ipc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &zero,
+		.extra2		= &int_max,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "sem",