diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index 697e160c78d0..a4f7203a9017 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ extern int proc_dostring(struct ctl_table *, int,
 			 void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
 extern int proc_dointvec(struct ctl_table *, int,
 			 void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
+extern int proc_douintvec(struct ctl_table *, int,
+			 void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
 extern int proc_dointvec_minmax(struct ctl_table *, int,
 				void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
 extern int proc_dointvec_jiffies(struct ctl_table *, int,
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index b43d0b27c1fe..a13bbdaab47d 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -2140,6 +2140,21 @@ static int do_proc_dointvec_conv(bool *negp, unsigned long *lvalp,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int do_proc_douintvec_conv(bool *negp, unsigned long *lvalp,
+				 int *valp,
+				 int write, void *data)
+{
+	if (write) {
+		if (*negp)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		*valp = *lvalp;
+	} else {
+		unsigned int val = *valp;
+		*lvalp = (unsigned long)val;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static const char proc_wspace_sep[] = { ' ', '\t', '\n' };
 
 static int __do_proc_dointvec(void *tbl_data, struct ctl_table *table,
@@ -2259,8 +2274,27 @@ static int do_proc_dointvec(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 int proc_dointvec(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		     void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-    return do_proc_dointvec(table,write,buffer,lenp,ppos,
-		    	    NULL,NULL);
+	return do_proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos, NULL, NULL);
+}
+
+/**
+ * proc_douintvec - read a vector of unsigned integers
+ * @table: the sysctl table
+ * @write: %TRUE if this is a write to the sysctl file
+ * @buffer: the user buffer
+ * @lenp: the size of the user buffer
+ * @ppos: file position
+ *
+ * Reads/writes up to table->maxlen/sizeof(unsigned int) unsigned integer
+ * values from/to the user buffer, treated as an ASCII string.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success.
+ */
+int proc_douintvec(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+		     void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	return do_proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos,
+				do_proc_douintvec_conv, NULL);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2858,6 +2892,12 @@ int proc_dointvec(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 	return -ENOSYS;
 }
 
+int proc_douintvec(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+		  void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	return -ENOSYS;
+}
+
 int proc_dointvec_minmax(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		    void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
@@ -2903,6 +2943,7 @@ int proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
  * exception granted :-)
  */
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_dointvec);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_douintvec);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_dointvec_jiffies);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_dointvec_minmax);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies);