diff --git a/net/smc/smc_sysctl.c b/net/smc/smc_sysctl.c
index 09dad48337f6..f58cf256f61a 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_sysctl.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_sysctl.c
@@ -160,11 +160,9 @@ static const struct ctl_table smc_table[] = {
 	{
 		.procname	= "limit_smc_hs",
 		.data		= &init_net.smc.limit_smc_hs,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(bool),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
-		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
-		.extra2		= SYSCTL_ONE,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dobool,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "smcr_max_send_wr",