diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 17fad73eb8c3..24973e5af00e 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9d7f2a2b1aa9e55537a053c68bdbd119fc479dd3
+refs/heads/master: 2206a3f5b75be5dadf11541961bd7c924857eb5d
diff --git a/trunk/include/net/ip_vs.h b/trunk/include/net/ip_vs.h
index 1b13cef4b547..38f4f690b186 100644
--- a/trunk/include/net/ip_vs.h
+++ b/trunk/include/net/ip_vs.h
@@ -621,16 +621,8 @@ extern void ip_vs_init_hash_table(struct list_head *table, int rows);
 #ifndef CONFIG_IP_VS_TAB_BITS
 #define CONFIG_IP_VS_TAB_BITS   12
 #endif
-/* make sure that IP_VS_CONN_TAB_BITS is located in [8, 20] */
-#if CONFIG_IP_VS_TAB_BITS < 8
-#define IP_VS_CONN_TAB_BITS	8
-#endif
-#if CONFIG_IP_VS_TAB_BITS > 20
-#define IP_VS_CONN_TAB_BITS	20
-#endif
-#if 8 <= CONFIG_IP_VS_TAB_BITS && CONFIG_IP_VS_TAB_BITS <= 20
+
 #define IP_VS_CONN_TAB_BITS	CONFIG_IP_VS_TAB_BITS
-#endif
 #define IP_VS_CONN_TAB_SIZE     (1 << IP_VS_CONN_TAB_BITS)
 #define IP_VS_CONN_TAB_MASK     (IP_VS_CONN_TAB_SIZE - 1)
 
diff --git a/trunk/net/ipv4/ipvs/Kconfig b/trunk/net/ipv4/ipvs/Kconfig
index 794cecb249af..de6004de80bc 100644
--- a/trunk/net/ipv4/ipvs/Kconfig
+++ b/trunk/net/ipv4/ipvs/Kconfig
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ config	IP_VS_DEBUG
 
 config	IP_VS_TAB_BITS
 	int "IPVS connection table size (the Nth power of 2)"
-	default "12" 
+	range 8 20
+	default 12
 	---help---
 	  The IPVS connection hash table uses the chaining scheme to handle
 	  hash collisions. Using a big IPVS connection hash table will greatly