diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
index ac7edc24165c..b2748a673989 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <linux/in6.h>
 #include <linux/miscdevice.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/sysctl.h>
 
 #include <rdma/rdma_user_cm.h>
 #include <rdma/ib_marshall.h>
@@ -50,8 +51,24 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Sean Hefty");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("RDMA Userspace Connection Manager Access");
 MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
 
-enum {
-	UCMA_MAX_BACKLOG	= 128
+static unsigned int max_backlog = 1024;
+
+static struct ctl_table_header *ucma_ctl_table_hdr;
+static ctl_table ucma_ctl_table[] = {
+	{
+		.procname	= "max_backlog",
+		.data		= &max_backlog,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof max_backlog,
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+	},
+	{ }
+};
+
+static struct ctl_path ucma_ctl_path[] = {
+	{ .procname = "net" },
+	{ .procname = "rdma_ucm" },
+	{ }
 };
 
 struct ucma_file {
@@ -686,8 +703,8 @@ static ssize_t ucma_listen(struct ucma_file *file, const char __user *inbuf,
 	if (IS_ERR(ctx))
 		return PTR_ERR(ctx);
 
-	ctx->backlog = cmd.backlog > 0 && cmd.backlog < UCMA_MAX_BACKLOG ?
-		       cmd.backlog : UCMA_MAX_BACKLOG;
+	ctx->backlog = cmd.backlog > 0 && cmd.backlog < max_backlog ?
+		       cmd.backlog : max_backlog;
 	ret = rdma_listen(ctx->cm_id, ctx->backlog);
 	ucma_put_ctx(ctx);
 	return ret;
@@ -1279,16 +1296,26 @@ static int __init ucma_init(void)
 	ret = device_create_file(ucma_misc.this_device, &dev_attr_abi_version);
 	if (ret) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "rdma_ucm: couldn't create abi_version attr\n");
-		goto err;
+		goto err1;
+	}
+
+	ucma_ctl_table_hdr = register_sysctl_paths(ucma_ctl_path, ucma_ctl_table);
+	if (!ucma_ctl_table_hdr) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "rdma_ucm: couldn't register sysctl paths\n");
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err2;
 	}
 	return 0;
-err:
+err2:
+	device_remove_file(ucma_misc.this_device, &dev_attr_abi_version);
+err1:
 	misc_deregister(&ucma_misc);
 	return ret;
 }
 
 static void __exit ucma_cleanup(void)
 {
+	unregister_sysctl_table(ucma_ctl_table_hdr);
 	device_remove_file(ucma_misc.this_device, &dev_attr_abi_version);
 	misc_deregister(&ucma_misc);
 	idr_destroy(&ctx_idr);