diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index e5d65573b4d6..8c9fcc42502a 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1840,7 +1840,7 @@ static inline int unregister_gifconf(unsigned int family)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_FLOW_LIMIT
-#define FLOW_LIMIT_HISTORY	(1 << 8)	/* must be ^2 */
+#define FLOW_LIMIT_HISTORY	(1 << 7)  /* must be ^2 and !overflow buckets */
 struct sd_flow_limit {
 	u64			count;
 	unsigned int		num_buckets;
@@ -1883,7 +1883,7 @@ struct softnet_data {
 	struct napi_struct	backlog;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_FLOW_LIMIT
-	struct sd_flow_limit	*flow_limit;
+	struct sd_flow_limit __rcu *flow_limit;
 #endif
 };
 
diff --git a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
index 637a42e5d589..78c746e016ae 100644
--- a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
+++ b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ static int flow_limit_cpu_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 write_unlock:
 		mutex_unlock(&flow_limit_update_mutex);
 	} else {
+		char kbuf[128];
+
 		if (*ppos || !*lenp) {
 			*lenp = 0;
 			goto done;
@@ -146,9 +148,20 @@ static int flow_limit_cpu_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		}
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 
-		len = cpumask_scnprintf(buffer, *lenp, mask);
-		*lenp = len + 1;
-		*ppos += len + 1;
+		len = min(sizeof(kbuf) - 1, *lenp);
+		len = cpumask_scnprintf(kbuf, len, mask);
+		if (!len) {
+			*lenp = 0;
+			goto done;
+		}
+		if (len < *lenp)
+			kbuf[len++] = '\n';
+		if (copy_to_user(buffer, kbuf, len)) {
+			ret = -EFAULT;
+			goto done;
+		}
+		*lenp = len;
+		*ppos += len;
 	}
 
 done: