diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 840201c4c290..629823f19a6a 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2814,16 +2814,22 @@ static int may_delete(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *victim, bool isdir)
  *  1. We can't do it if child already exists (open has special treatment for
  *     this case, but since we are inlined it's OK)
  *  2. We can't do it if dir is read-only (done in permission())
- *  3. We should have write and exec permissions on dir
- *  4. We can't do it if dir is immutable (done in permission())
+ *  3. We can't do it if the fs can't represent the fsuid or fsgid.
+ *  4. We should have write and exec permissions on dir
+ *  5. We can't do it if dir is immutable (done in permission())
  */
 static inline int may_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *child)
 {
+	struct user_namespace *s_user_ns;
 	audit_inode_child(dir, child, AUDIT_TYPE_CHILD_CREATE);
 	if (child->d_inode)
 		return -EEXIST;
 	if (IS_DEADDIR(dir))
 		return -ENOENT;
+	s_user_ns = dir->i_sb->s_user_ns;
+	if (!kuid_has_mapping(s_user_ns, current_fsuid()) ||
+	    !kgid_has_mapping(s_user_ns, current_fsgid()))
+		return -EOVERFLOW;
 	return inode_permission(dir, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
 }