diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index 5455043f4496..42b709c95cf3 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -2815,6 +2815,8 @@ static int sctp_setsockopt_rtoinfo(struct sock *sk, char __user *optval, unsigne
 {
 	struct sctp_rtoinfo rtoinfo;
 	struct sctp_association *asoc;
+	unsigned long rto_min, rto_max;
+	struct sctp_sock *sp = sctp_sk(sk);
 
 	if (optlen != sizeof (struct sctp_rtoinfo))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -2828,26 +2830,36 @@ static int sctp_setsockopt_rtoinfo(struct sock *sk, char __user *optval, unsigne
 	if (!asoc && rtoinfo.srto_assoc_id && sctp_style(sk, UDP))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	rto_max = rtoinfo.srto_max;
+	rto_min = rtoinfo.srto_min;
+
+	if (rto_max)
+		rto_max = asoc ? msecs_to_jiffies(rto_max) : rto_max;
+	else
+		rto_max = asoc ? asoc->rto_max : sp->rtoinfo.srto_max;
+
+	if (rto_min)
+		rto_min = asoc ? msecs_to_jiffies(rto_min) : rto_min;
+	else
+		rto_min = asoc ? asoc->rto_min : sp->rtoinfo.srto_min;
+
+	if (rto_min > rto_max)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (asoc) {
 		if (rtoinfo.srto_initial != 0)
 			asoc->rto_initial =
 				msecs_to_jiffies(rtoinfo.srto_initial);
-		if (rtoinfo.srto_max != 0)
-			asoc->rto_max = msecs_to_jiffies(rtoinfo.srto_max);
-		if (rtoinfo.srto_min != 0)
-			asoc->rto_min = msecs_to_jiffies(rtoinfo.srto_min);
+		asoc->rto_max = rto_max;
+		asoc->rto_min = rto_min;
 	} else {
 		/* If there is no association or the association-id = 0
 		 * set the values to the endpoint.
 		 */
-		struct sctp_sock *sp = sctp_sk(sk);
-
 		if (rtoinfo.srto_initial != 0)
 			sp->rtoinfo.srto_initial = rtoinfo.srto_initial;
-		if (rtoinfo.srto_max != 0)
-			sp->rtoinfo.srto_max = rtoinfo.srto_max;
-		if (rtoinfo.srto_min != 0)
-			sp->rtoinfo.srto_min = rtoinfo.srto_min;
+		sp->rtoinfo.srto_max = rto_max;
+		sp->rtoinfo.srto_min = rto_min;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/net/sctp/sysctl.c b/net/sctp/sysctl.c
index 6b36561a1b3b..b0565afb61c7 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sysctl.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sysctl.c
@@ -56,11 +56,16 @@ extern long sysctl_sctp_mem[3];
 extern int sysctl_sctp_rmem[3];
 extern int sysctl_sctp_wmem[3];
 
-static int proc_sctp_do_hmac_alg(struct ctl_table *ctl,
-				int write,
+static int proc_sctp_do_hmac_alg(struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
 				void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
-
 				loff_t *ppos);
+static int proc_sctp_do_rto_min(struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
+				void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
+				loff_t *ppos);
+static int proc_sctp_do_rto_max(struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
+				void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
+				loff_t *ppos);
+
 static struct ctl_table sctp_table[] = {
 	{
 		.procname	= "sctp_mem",
@@ -102,17 +107,17 @@ static struct ctl_table sctp_net_table[] = {
 		.data		= &init_net.sctp.rto_min,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_sctp_do_rto_min,
 		.extra1         = &one,
-		.extra2         = &timer_max
+		.extra2         = &init_net.sctp.rto_max
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "rto_max",
 		.data		= &init_net.sctp.rto_max,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
-		.extra1         = &one,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_sctp_do_rto_max,
+		.extra1         = &init_net.sctp.rto_min,
 		.extra2         = &timer_max
 	},
 	{
@@ -294,8 +299,7 @@ static struct ctl_table sctp_net_table[] = {
 	{ /* sentinel */ }
 };
 
-static int proc_sctp_do_hmac_alg(struct ctl_table *ctl,
-				int write,
+static int proc_sctp_do_hmac_alg(struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
 				void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
 				loff_t *ppos)
 {
@@ -342,6 +346,60 @@ static int proc_sctp_do_hmac_alg(struct ctl_table *ctl,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int proc_sctp_do_rto_min(struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
+				void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
+				loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	struct net *net = current->nsproxy->net_ns;
+	int new_value;
+	struct ctl_table tbl;
+	unsigned int min = *(unsigned int *) ctl->extra1;
+	unsigned int max = *(unsigned int *) ctl->extra2;
+	int ret;
+
+	memset(&tbl, 0, sizeof(struct ctl_table));
+	tbl.maxlen = sizeof(unsigned int);
+
+	if (write)
+		tbl.data = &new_value;
+	else
+		tbl.data = &net->sctp.rto_min;
+	ret = proc_dointvec(&tbl, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+	if (write) {
+		if (ret || new_value > max || new_value < min)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		net->sctp.rto_min = new_value;
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int proc_sctp_do_rto_max(struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
+				void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
+				loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	struct net *net = current->nsproxy->net_ns;
+	int new_value;
+	struct ctl_table tbl;
+	unsigned int min = *(unsigned int *) ctl->extra1;
+	unsigned int max = *(unsigned int *) ctl->extra2;
+	int ret;
+
+	memset(&tbl, 0, sizeof(struct ctl_table));
+	tbl.maxlen = sizeof(unsigned int);
+
+	if (write)
+		tbl.data = &new_value;
+	else
+		tbl.data = &net->sctp.rto_max;
+	ret = proc_dointvec(&tbl, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+	if (write) {
+		if (ret || new_value > max || new_value < min)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		net->sctp.rto_max = new_value;
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
 int sctp_sysctl_net_register(struct net *net)
 {
 	struct ctl_table *table;