diff --git a/net/sctp/sysctl.c b/net/sctp/sysctl.c
index 6b39529..60ffbd0 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sysctl.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sysctl.c
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@
 static int sack_timer_max = 500;
 static int addr_scope_max = 3; /* check sctp_scope_policy_t in include/net/sctp/constants.h for max entries */
 static int rwnd_scale_max = 16;
+static unsigned long max_autoclose_min = 0;
+static unsigned long max_autoclose_max =
+	(MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT / HZ > UINT_MAX)
+	? UINT_MAX : MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT / HZ;
 
 extern long sysctl_sctp_mem[3];
 extern int sysctl_sctp_rmem[3];
@@ -258,6 +262,15 @@
 		.extra1		= &one,
 		.extra2		= &rwnd_scale_max,
 	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "max_autoclose",
+		.data		= &sctp_max_autoclose,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned long),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= &proc_doulongvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &max_autoclose_min,
+		.extra2		= &max_autoclose_max,
+	},
 
 	{ /* sentinel */ }
 };