diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 817bc51c58d80..504e847c2a3a6 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@
 #include <linux/kmemleak.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
-#define list_for_each_table_entry(entry, header) \
-	for ((entry) = (header->ctl_table); (entry)->procname; (entry)++)
+#define list_for_each_table_entry(entry, header)	\
+	entry = header->ctl_table;			\
+	for (size_t i = 0 ; i < header->ctl_table_size && entry->procname; ++i, entry++)
 
 static const struct dentry_operations proc_sys_dentry_operations;
 static const struct file_operations proc_sys_file_operations;