diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 271a09d..9886c3d 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@
 This file shows up if CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK is enabled.
 
 0: means infinite timeout - no checking done.
+Possible values to set are in range {0..LONG_MAX/HZ}.
 
 ==============================================================
 
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 5c14b54..74f5b58 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -141,6 +141,11 @@
 static int ngroups_max = NGROUPS_MAX;
 static const int cap_last_cap = CAP_LAST_CAP;
 
+/*this is needed for proc_doulongvec_minmax of sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs */
+#ifdef CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK
+static unsigned long hung_task_timeout_max = (LONG_MAX/HZ);
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_INOTIFY_USER
 #include <linux/inotify.h>
 #endif
@@ -985,6 +990,7 @@
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned long),
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dohung_task_timeout_secs,
+		.extra2		= &hung_task_timeout_max,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "hung_task_warnings",