diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index acdfb5d2bcaa..e2142fe40cda 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ tcp_min_rtt_wlen - INTEGER
 	minimum RTT when it is moved to a longer path (e.g., due to traffic
 	engineering). A longer window makes the filter more resistant to RTT
 	inflations such as transient congestion. The unit is seconds.
+	Possible values: 0 - 86400 (1 day)
 	Default: 300
 
 tcp_moderate_rcvbuf - BOOLEAN
diff --git a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
index ba0fc4b18465..eeb4041fa5f9 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ static int ip_ping_group_range_min[] = { 0, 0 };
 static int ip_ping_group_range_max[] = { GID_T_MAX, GID_T_MAX };
 static int comp_sack_nr_max = 255;
 static u32 u32_max_div_HZ = UINT_MAX / HZ;
+static int one_day_secs = 24 * 3600;
 
 /* obsolete */
 static int sysctl_tcp_low_latency __read_mostly;
@@ -1151,7 +1152,9 @@ static struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = {
 		.data		= &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_tcp_min_rtt_wlen,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &zero,
+		.extra2		= &one_day_secs
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "tcp_autocorking",