diff --git a/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c
index c9d18362e89d..ebcc8fb3fa66 100644
--- a/fs/char_dev.c
+++ b/fs/char_dev.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ static struct kobj_map *cdev_map;
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(chrdevs_lock);
 
+#define CHRDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE 255
+
 static struct char_device_struct {
 	struct char_device_struct *next;
 	unsigned int major;
@@ -49,12 +51,12 @@ void chrdev_show(struct seq_file *f, off_t offset)
 {
 	struct char_device_struct *cd;
 
-	if (offset < CHRDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE) {
-		mutex_lock(&chrdevs_lock);
-		for (cd = chrdevs[offset]; cd; cd = cd->next)
+	mutex_lock(&chrdevs_lock);
+	for (cd = chrdevs[major_to_index(offset)]; cd; cd = cd->next) {
+		if (cd->major == offset)
 			seq_printf(f, "%3d %s\n", cd->major, cd->name);
-		mutex_unlock(&chrdevs_lock);
 	}
+	mutex_unlock(&chrdevs_lock);
 }
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
@@ -117,6 +119,13 @@ __register_chrdev_region(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor,
 		major = ret;
 	}
 
+	if (major >= CHRDEV_MAJOR_MAX) {
+		pr_err("CHRDEV \"%s\" major requested (%d) is greater than the maximum (%d)\n",
+		       name, major, CHRDEV_MAJOR_MAX);
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	cd->major = major;
 	cd->baseminor = baseminor;
 	cd->minorct = minorct;
diff --git a/fs/proc/devices.c b/fs/proc/devices.c
index 50493edc30e5..d196e22c4f1c 100644
--- a/fs/proc/devices.c
+++ b/fs/proc/devices.c
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ static int devinfo_show(struct seq_file *f, void *v)
 {
 	int i = *(loff_t *) v;
 
-	if (i < CHRDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE) {
+	if (i < CHRDEV_MAJOR_MAX) {
 		if (i == 0)
 			seq_puts(f, "Character devices:\n");
 		chrdev_show(f, i);
 	}
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
 	else {
-		i -= CHRDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE;
+		i -= CHRDEV_MAJOR_MAX;
 		if (i == 0)
 			seq_puts(f, "\nBlock devices:\n");
 		blkdev_show(f, i);
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ static int devinfo_show(struct seq_file *f, void *v)
 
 static void *devinfo_start(struct seq_file *f, loff_t *pos)
 {
-	if (*pos < (BLKDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE + CHRDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE))
+	if (*pos < (BLKDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE + CHRDEV_MAJOR_MAX))
 		return pos;
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static void *devinfo_start(struct seq_file *f, loff_t *pos)
 static void *devinfo_next(struct seq_file *f, void *v, loff_t *pos)
 {
 	(*pos)++;
-	if (*pos >= (BLKDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE + CHRDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE))
+	if (*pos >= (BLKDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE + CHRDEV_MAJOR_MAX))
 		return NULL;
 	return pos;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 1773dcf1e318..b07433c335ca 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2470,7 +2470,7 @@ static inline void bd_unlink_disk_holder(struct block_device *bdev,
 #endif
 
 /* fs/char_dev.c */
-#define CHRDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE	255
+#define CHRDEV_MAJOR_MAX 512
 /* Marks the bottom of the first segment of free char majors */
 #define CHRDEV_MAJOR_DYN_END 234
 /* Marks the top and bottom of the second segment of free char majors */