diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 148cd822a08f..2453d8997510 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -1782,6 +1782,17 @@ config TEST_FIRMWARE
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
+config TEST_SYSCTL
+	tristate "sysctl test driver"
+	default n
+	depends on PROC_SYSCTL
+	help
+	  This builds the "test_sysctl" module. This driver enables to test the
+	  proc sysctl interfaces available to drivers safely without affecting
+	  production knobs which might alter system functionality.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
+
 config TEST_UDELAY
 	tristate "udelay test driver"
 	default n
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index ee78d3da33eb..07921956506f 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_TEST_HEXDUMP) += test_hexdump.o
 obj-y += kstrtox.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TEST_BPF) += test_bpf.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TEST_FIRMWARE) += test_firmware.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_TEST_SYSCTL) += test_sysctl.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TEST_HASH) += test_hash.o test_siphash.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TEST_KASAN) += test_kasan.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TEST_KSTRTOX) += test-kstrtox.o
diff --git a/lib/test_sysctl.c b/lib/test_sysctl.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b2163bfb6eb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/test_sysctl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+/*
+ * proc sysctl test driver
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or at your option any
+ * later version; or, when distributed separately from the Linux kernel or
+ * when incorporated into other software packages, subject to the following
+ * license:
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of copyleft-next (version 0.3.1 or later) as published
+ * at http://copyleft-next.org/.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * This module provides an interface to the the proc sysctl interfaces.  This
+ * driver requires CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL. It will not normally be loaded by the
+ * system unless explicitly requested by name. You can also build this driver
+ * into your kernel.
+ */
+
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
+
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/printk.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/async.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+
+static int i_zero;
+static int i_one_hundred = 100;
+
+struct test_sysctl_data {
+	int int_0001;
+	char string_0001[65];
+};
+
+static struct test_sysctl_data test_data = {
+	.int_0001 = 60,
+	.string_0001 = "(none)",
+};
+
+/* These are all under /proc/sys/debug/test_sysctl/ */
+static struct ctl_table test_table[] = {
+	{
+		.procname	= "int_0001",
+		.data		= &test_data.int_0001,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &i_zero,
+		.extra2         = &i_one_hundred,
+	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "string_0001",
+		.data		= &test_data.string_0001,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(test_data.string_0001),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dostring,
+	},
+	{ }
+};
+
+static struct ctl_table test_sysctl_table[] = {
+	{
+		.procname	= "test_sysctl",
+		.maxlen		= 0,
+		.mode		= 0555,
+		.child		= test_table,
+	},
+	{ }
+};
+
+static struct ctl_table test_sysctl_root_table[] = {
+	{
+		.procname	= "debug",
+		.maxlen		= 0,
+		.mode		= 0555,
+		.child		= test_sysctl_table,
+	},
+	{ }
+};
+
+static struct ctl_table_header *test_sysctl_header;
+
+static int __init test_sysctl_init(void)
+{
+	test_sysctl_header = register_sysctl_table(test_sysctl_root_table);
+	if (!test_sysctl_header)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	return 0;
+}
+late_initcall(test_sysctl_init);
+
+static void __exit test_sysctl_exit(void)
+{
+	if (test_sysctl_header)
+		unregister_sysctl_table(test_sysctl_header);
+}
+
+module_exit(test_sysctl_exit);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org>");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/config b/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6ca14800d755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/config
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CONFIG_TEST_SYSCTL=y
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/run_numerictests b/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/run_numerictests
index 8510f93f2d14..cdfeef96568c 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/run_numerictests
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/run_numerictests
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-SYSCTL="/proc/sys"
-TARGET="${SYSCTL}/vm/swappiness"
+SYSCTL="/proc/sys/debug/test_sysctl/"
+TARGET="${SYSCTL}/int_0001"
 ORIG=$(cat "${TARGET}")
 TEST_STR=$(( $ORIG + 1 ))
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/run_stringtests b/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/run_stringtests
index 90a9293d520c..15a646b2c527 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/run_stringtests
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/run_stringtests
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-SYSCTL="/proc/sys"
-TARGET="${SYSCTL}/kernel/domainname"
+SYSCTL="/proc/sys/debug/test_sysctl/"
+TARGET="${SYSCTL}/string_0001"
 ORIG=$(cat "${TARGET}")
 TEST_STR="Testing sysctl"
 
