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diff --git a/security/smack/smack.h b/security/smack/smack.h
index e80597a3048a..076b8e8a51ab 100644
--- a/security/smack/smack.h
+++ b/security/smack/smack.h
@@ -168,9 +168,13 @@ struct smk_port_label {
#define SMACK_CIPSO_DOI_INVALID -1 /* Not a DOI */
#define SMACK_CIPSO_DIRECT_DEFAULT 250 /* Arbitrary */
#define SMACK_CIPSO_MAPPED_DEFAULT 251 /* Also arbitrary */
-#define SMACK_CIPSO_MAXCATVAL 63 /* Bigger gets harder */
#define SMACK_CIPSO_MAXLEVEL 255 /* CIPSO 2.2 standard */
-#define SMACK_CIPSO_MAXCATNUM 239 /* CIPSO 2.2 standard */
+/*
+ * CIPSO 2.2 standard is 239, but Smack wants to use the
+ * categories in a structured way that limits the value to
+ * the bits in 23 bytes, hence the unusual number.
+ */
+#define SMACK_CIPSO_MAXCATNUM 184 /* 23 * 8 */
/*
* Flag for transmute access