diff --git a/fs/drop_caches.c b/fs/drop_caches.c
index 2195c213ab2f556b1aecf106ffa693c2249f850a..816f88e6b9ceaa08c8ff443e3e54035c567b3a2e 100644
--- a/fs/drop_caches.c
+++ b/fs/drop_caches.c
@@ -45,7 +45,11 @@ static void drop_slab(void)
 int drop_caches_sysctl_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
 	void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 	if (write) {
 		if (sysctl_drop_caches & 1)
 			iterate_supers(drop_pagecache_sb, NULL);
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 40245d697602be1965ab763bf7dc7798a03b960b..97ab1690f5ed4678d48caa75ed3b71ac5e3970dd 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ static int neg_one = -1;
 static int zero;
 static int __maybe_unused one = 1;
 static int __maybe_unused two = 2;
+static int __maybe_unused three = 3;
 static unsigned long one_ul = 1;
 static int one_hundred = 100;
 #ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK
@@ -971,14 +972,18 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
 		.data		= &sysctl_overcommit_memory,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(sysctl_overcommit_memory),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &zero,
+		.extra2		= &two,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "panic_on_oom",
 		.data		= &sysctl_panic_on_oom,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(sysctl_panic_on_oom),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &zero,
+		.extra2		= &two,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "oom_kill_allocating_task",
@@ -1006,7 +1011,8 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
 		.data		= &page_cluster,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &zero,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "dirty_background_ratio",
@@ -1054,7 +1060,8 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
 		.data		= &dirty_expire_interval,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(dirty_expire_interval),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &zero,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "nr_pdflush_threads",
@@ -1130,6 +1137,8 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= drop_caches_sysctl_handler,
+		.extra1		= &one,
+		.extra2		= &three,
 	},
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPACTION
 	{