diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sunos.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sunos.c
index 81c894acd0db617be71e0f37ddc1a618405b7ee8..d07ae02101add23f16aae1209d4a569ce9edb3e2 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sunos.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sunos.c
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ asmlinkage long sunos_sysconf (int name)
 		ret = ARG_MAX;
 		break;
 	case _SC_CHILD_MAX:
-		ret = CHILD_MAX;
+		ret = -1; /* no limit */
 		break;
 	case _SC_CLK_TCK:
 		ret = HZ;
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sunos32.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sunos32.c
index d0592ed54ea5699c77251e09d23fc595bc865d93..bfa4aa68312dcabd6d4c080c5ea4dbf14e117a46 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sunos32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sunos32.c
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ asmlinkage s32 sunos_sysconf (int name)
 		ret = ARG_MAX;
 		break;
 	case _SC_CHILD_MAX:
-		ret = CHILD_MAX;
+		ret = -1; /* no limit */
 		break;
 	case _SC_CLK_TCK:
 		ret = HZ;
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/solaris/misc.c b/arch/sparc64/solaris/misc.c
index 302efbcba70e85208d1fa8ba7387da963b8f8181..3ab4677395f217d9c637339fea1efce426f1f867 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/solaris/misc.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/solaris/misc.c
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ asmlinkage int solaris_sysconf(int id)
 {
 	switch (id) {
 	case SOLARIS_CONFIG_NGROUPS:	return NGROUPS_MAX;
-	case SOLARIS_CONFIG_CHILD_MAX:	return CHILD_MAX;
+	case SOLARIS_CONFIG_CHILD_MAX:	return -1; /* no limit */
 	case SOLARIS_CONFIG_OPEN_FILES:	return OPEN_MAX;
 	case SOLARIS_CONFIG_POSIX_VER:	return 199309;
 	case SOLARIS_CONFIG_PAGESIZE:	return PAGE_SIZE;