diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 1f6c45f6a734..bcdf53125210 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -2925,7 +2925,7 @@ int sysctl_max_threads(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 	struct ctl_table t;
 	int ret;
 	int threads = max_threads;
-	int min = MIN_THREADS;
+	int min = 1;
 	int max = MAX_THREADS;
 
 	t = *table;
@@ -2937,7 +2937,7 @@ int sysctl_max_threads(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 	if (ret || !write)
 		return ret;
 
-	set_max_threads(threads);
+	max_threads = threads;
 
 	return 0;
 }