diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
index 205dc2163822b11fe089eaa67584df68dd1ff853..dc638f786d5c762373288942dc04cc5c5cee0750 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c
@@ -192,10 +192,12 @@ static int fanotify_handle_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 
 	ret = fsnotify_add_notify_event(group, fsn_event, fanotify_merge);
 	if (ret) {
-		BUG_ON(mask & FAN_ALL_PERM_EVENTS);
+		/* Permission events shouldn't be merged */
+		BUG_ON(ret == 1 && mask & FAN_ALL_PERM_EVENTS);
 		/* Our event wasn't used in the end. Free it. */
 		fsnotify_destroy_event(group, fsn_event);
-		ret = 0;
+
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FANOTIFY_ACCESS_PERMISSIONS
diff --git a/fs/notify/notification.c b/fs/notify/notification.c
index 6bec2f4918f998c912517b9ed522b30af694357d..6a4ba17c0395db276dcc9d028ef44e56a3e971e6 100644
--- a/fs/notify/notification.c
+++ b/fs/notify/notification.c
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ void fsnotify_destroy_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 /*
  * Add an event to the group notification queue.  The group can later pull this
  * event off the queue to deal with.  The function returns 0 if the event was
- * added to the queue, 1 if the event was merged with some other queued event.
+ * added to the queue, 1 if the event was merged with some other queued event,
+ * 2 if the queue of events has overflown.
  */
 int fsnotify_add_notify_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 			      struct fsnotify_event *event,
@@ -95,10 +96,14 @@ int fsnotify_add_notify_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 	mutex_lock(&group->notification_mutex);
 
 	if (group->q_len >= group->max_events) {
+		ret = 2;
 		/* Queue overflow event only if it isn't already queued */
-		if (list_empty(&group->overflow_event.list))
-			event = &group->overflow_event;
-		ret = 1;
+		if (!list_empty(&group->overflow_event.list)) {
+			mutex_unlock(&group->notification_mutex);
+			return ret;
+		}
+		event = &group->overflow_event;
+		goto queue;
 	}
 
 	if (!list_empty(list) && merge) {
@@ -109,6 +114,7 @@ int fsnotify_add_notify_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 		}
 	}
 
+queue:
 	group->q_len++;
 	list_add_tail(&event->list, list);
 	mutex_unlock(&group->notification_mutex);