diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index fb8e45b88cd4..4fe81d1c60f9 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -239,7 +239,12 @@ static struct dentry *aio_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 	static const struct dentry_operations ops = {
 		.d_dname	= simple_dname,
 	};
-	return mount_pseudo(fs_type, "aio:", NULL, &ops, AIO_RING_MAGIC);
+	struct dentry *root = mount_pseudo(fs_type, "aio:", NULL, &ops,
+					   AIO_RING_MAGIC);
+
+	if (!IS_ERR(root))
+		root->d_sb->s_iflags |= SB_I_NOEXEC;
+	return root;
 }
 
 /* aio_setup