diff --git a/net/rxrpc/sysctl.c b/net/rxrpc/sysctl.c
index 34c706d2f79c..f9afc21b7e2c 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/sysctl.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/sysctl.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ static struct ctl_table_header *rxrpc_sysctl_reg_table;
 static const unsigned int zero = 0;
 static const unsigned int one = 1;
 static const unsigned int four = 4;
-static const unsigned int thirtytwo = 32;
+static const unsigned int max_backlog = RXRPC_BACKLOG_MAX - 1;
 static const unsigned int n_65535 = 65535;
 static const unsigned int n_max_acks = RXRPC_RXTX_BUFF_SIZE - 1;
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static struct ctl_table rxrpc_sysctl_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
 		.extra1		= (void *)&four,
-		.extra2		= (void *)&thirtytwo,
+		.extra2		= (void *)&max_backlog,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "rx_window_size",