diff --git a/net/rds/sysctl.c b/net/rds/sysctl.c
index c3b0cd43eb56..c173f69e1479 100644
--- a/net/rds/sysctl.c
+++ b/net/rds/sysctl.c
@@ -71,14 +71,14 @@ static struct ctl_table rds_sysctl_rds_table[] = {
 	{
 		.procname	= "max_unacked_packets",
 		.data		= &rds_sysctl_max_unacked_packets,
-		.maxlen         = sizeof(unsigned long),
+		.maxlen         = sizeof(int),
 		.mode           = 0644,
 		.proc_handler   = proc_dointvec,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "max_unacked_bytes",
 		.data		= &rds_sysctl_max_unacked_bytes,
-		.maxlen         = sizeof(unsigned long),
+		.maxlen         = sizeof(int),
 		.mode           = 0644,
 		.proc_handler   = proc_dointvec,
 	},