diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index 984f73b719a9..1ed92812785a 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -621,6 +621,7 @@ struct cgroup_namespace {
 	atomic_t		count;
 	struct ns_common	ns;
 	struct user_namespace	*user_ns;
+	struct ucounts		*ucounts;
 	struct css_set          *root_cset;
 };
 
diff --git a/include/linux/user_namespace.h b/include/linux/user_namespace.h
index e1d672186f00..d067f0d3038e 100644
--- a/include/linux/user_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/user_namespace.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ enum ucount_type {
 	UCOUNT_PID_NAMESPACES,
 	UCOUNT_UTS_NAMESPACES,
 	UCOUNT_IPC_NAMESPACES,
+	UCOUNT_CGROUP_NAMESPACES,
 	UCOUNT_COUNTS,
 };
 
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index d1c51b7f5221..e9e4427fec46 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -6295,6 +6295,16 @@ void cgroup_sk_free(struct sock_cgroup_data *skcd)
 
 /* cgroup namespaces */
 
+static struct ucounts *inc_cgroup_namespaces(struct user_namespace *ns)
+{
+	return inc_ucount(ns, current_euid(), UCOUNT_CGROUP_NAMESPACES);
+}
+
+static void dec_cgroup_namespaces(struct ucounts *ucounts)
+{
+	dec_ucount(ucounts, UCOUNT_CGROUP_NAMESPACES);
+}
+
 static struct cgroup_namespace *alloc_cgroup_ns(void)
 {
 	struct cgroup_namespace *new_ns;
@@ -6316,6 +6326,7 @@ static struct cgroup_namespace *alloc_cgroup_ns(void)
 void free_cgroup_ns(struct cgroup_namespace *ns)
 {
 	put_css_set(ns->root_cset);
+	dec_cgroup_namespaces(ns->ucounts);
 	put_user_ns(ns->user_ns);
 	ns_free_inum(&ns->ns);
 	kfree(ns);
@@ -6327,6 +6338,7 @@ struct cgroup_namespace *copy_cgroup_ns(unsigned long flags,
 					struct cgroup_namespace *old_ns)
 {
 	struct cgroup_namespace *new_ns;
+	struct ucounts *ucounts;
 	struct css_set *cset;
 
 	BUG_ON(!old_ns);
@@ -6340,6 +6352,10 @@ struct cgroup_namespace *copy_cgroup_ns(unsigned long flags,
 	if (!ns_capable(user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
 
+	ucounts = inc_cgroup_namespaces(user_ns);
+	if (!ucounts)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENFILE);
+
 	/* It is not safe to take cgroup_mutex here */
 	spin_lock_irq(&css_set_lock);
 	cset = task_css_set(current);
@@ -6349,10 +6365,12 @@ struct cgroup_namespace *copy_cgroup_ns(unsigned long flags,
 	new_ns = alloc_cgroup_ns();
 	if (IS_ERR(new_ns)) {
 		put_css_set(cset);
+		dec_cgroup_namespaces(ucounts);
 		return new_ns;
 	}
 
 	new_ns->user_ns = get_user_ns(user_ns);
+	new_ns->ucounts = ucounts;
 	new_ns->root_cset = cset;
 
 	return new_ns;
diff --git a/kernel/ucount.c b/kernel/ucount.c
index fbab75424da6..335cc5d2cdd7 100644
--- a/kernel/ucount.c
+++ b/kernel/ucount.c
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ static struct ctl_table user_table[] = {
 	UCOUNT_ENTRY("max_pid_namespaces"),
 	UCOUNT_ENTRY("max_uts_namespaces"),
 	UCOUNT_ENTRY("max_ipc_namespaces"),
+	UCOUNT_ENTRY("max_cgroup_namespaces"),
 	{ }
 };
 #endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */