diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index f0664bd5011c..4073353abd4f 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ extern int sysctl_drop_caches;
 extern int percpu_pagelist_fraction;
 extern int compat_log;
 extern int maps_protect;
+extern int sysctl_stat_interval;
 
 /* this is needed for the proc_dointvec_minmax for [fs_]overflow UID and GID */
 static int maxolduid = 65535;
@@ -857,6 +858,17 @@ static ctl_table vm_table[] = {
 		.extra2		= &one_hundred,
 	},
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+	{
+		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
+		.procname	= "stat_interval",
+		.data		= &sysctl_stat_interval,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(sysctl_stat_interval),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec_jiffies,
+		.strategy	= &sysctl_jiffies,
+	},
+#endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_X86_32) || \
    (defined(CONFIG_SUPERH) && defined(CONFIG_VSYSCALL))
 	{
diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 9d824643a22f..006eb7621869 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -641,11 +641,13 @@ const struct seq_operations vmstat_op = {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct delayed_work, vmstat_work);
+int sysctl_stat_interval __read_mostly = HZ;
 
 static void vmstat_update(struct work_struct *w)
 {
 	refresh_cpu_vm_stats(smp_processor_id());
-	schedule_delayed_work(&__get_cpu_var(vmstat_work), HZ);
+	schedule_delayed_work(&__get_cpu_var(vmstat_work),
+		sysctl_stat_interval);
 }
 
 static void __devinit start_cpu_timer(int cpu)