--- 2.2.20pre8aa1/fs/select.c.~1~	Thu May  4 13:00:40 2000
+++ 2.2.20pre8aa1/fs/select.c	Tue Aug  7 15:16:38 2001
@@ -412,8 +412,11 @@
 	lock_kernel();
 	/* Do a sanity check on nfds ... */
 	err = -EINVAL;
-	if (nfds > current->files->max_fds)
+	if (nfds > NR_OPEN)
 		goto out;
+
+	if (nfds > current->files->max_fds)
+		nfds = current->files->max_fds;
 
 	if (timeout) {
 		/* Careful about overflow in the intermediate values */