diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index a4f44d815a61..95484376ec9b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -128,10 +128,13 @@ static int ip_rt_redirect_silence __read_mostly	= ((HZ / 50) << (9 + 1));
 static int ip_rt_error_cost __read_mostly	= HZ;
 static int ip_rt_error_burst __read_mostly	= 5 * HZ;
 static int ip_rt_mtu_expires __read_mostly	= 10 * 60 * HZ;
-static int ip_rt_min_pmtu __read_mostly		= 512 + 20 + 20;
+static u32 ip_rt_min_pmtu __read_mostly		= 512 + 20 + 20;
 static int ip_rt_min_advmss __read_mostly	= 256;
 
 static int ip_rt_gc_timeout __read_mostly	= RT_GC_TIMEOUT;
+
+static int ip_min_valid_pmtu __read_mostly	= IPV4_MIN_MTU;
+
 /*
  *	Interface to generic destination cache.
  */
@@ -2933,7 +2936,8 @@ static struct ctl_table ipv4_route_table[] = {
 		.data		= &ip_rt_min_pmtu,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &ip_min_valid_pmtu,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "min_adv_mss",