diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 7e33d039ea171ae1a2fe1edfc54b3f92f6020dfd..1fa03508ff5ac6b85106628e20255a5a51ed4fde 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
 - sysctl_writes_strict
 - tainted
 - threads-max
+- unprivileged_bpf_disabled
 - unknown_nmi_panic
 - watchdog
 - watchdog_thresh
@@ -1072,6 +1073,26 @@ available RAM pages threads-max is reduced accordingly.
 
 ==============================================================
 
+unprivileged_bpf_disabled:
+
+Writing 1 to this entry will disable unprivileged calls to bpf();
+once disabled, calling bpf() without CAP_SYS_ADMIN will return
+-EPERM. Once set to 1, this can't be cleared from the running kernel
+anymore.
+
+Writing 2 to this entry will also disable unprivileged calls to bpf(),
+however, an admin can still change this setting later on, if needed, by
+writing 0 or 1 to this entry.
+
+If BPF_UNPRIV_DEFAULT_OFF is enabled in the kernel config, then this
+entry will default to 2 instead of 0.
+
+  0 - Unprivileged calls to bpf() are enabled
+  1 - Unprivileged calls to bpf() are disabled without recovery
+  2 - Unprivileged calls to bpf() are disabled
+
+==============================================================
+
 unknown_nmi_panic:
 
 The value in this file affects behavior of handling NMI. When the
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 1a0b15c5a82b977ba5af765e4657c1f4521ce869..cef0e5fdc9014f26504a22a0cf33f4b3e1f7c71b 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1539,6 +1539,16 @@ config BPF_JIT_ALWAYS_ON
 	  Enables BPF JIT and removes BPF interpreter to avoid
 	  speculative execution of BPF instructions by the interpreter
 
+config BPF_UNPRIV_DEFAULT_OFF
+	bool "Disable unprivileged BPF by default"
+	depends on BPF_SYSCALL
+	help
+	  Disables unprivileged BPF by default by setting the corresponding
+	  /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_bpf_disabled knob to 2. An admin can
+	  still reenable it by setting it to 0 later on, or permanently
+	  disable it by setting it to 1 (from which no other transition to
+	  0 is possible anymore).
+
 config USERFAULTFD
 	bool "Enable userfaultfd() system call"
 	select ANON_INODES
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
index 30253fb4254e42047b6e95bb984c5c9496286c86..b11852ea1822864415859f7f6d7c4372d949d6ce 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(prog_idr_lock);
 static DEFINE_IDR(map_idr);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(map_idr_lock);
 
-int sysctl_unprivileged_bpf_disabled __read_mostly;
+int sysctl_unprivileged_bpf_disabled __read_mostly =
+	IS_BUILTIN(CONFIG_BPF_UNPRIV_DEFAULT_OFF) ? 2 : 0;
 
 static const struct bpf_map_ops * const bpf_map_types[] = {
 #define BPF_PROG_TYPE(_id, _ops)
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 5445dead9911a3933a36b72f3982460fd627b056..d2eebbcdff52e7cb6ba6edd115667bdc0135212f 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -257,6 +257,28 @@ static int sysrq_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL
+static int bpf_unpriv_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+                             void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	int ret, unpriv_enable = *(int *)table->data;
+	bool locked_state = unpriv_enable == 1;
+	struct ctl_table tmp = *table;
+
+	if (write && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	tmp.data = &unpriv_enable;
+	ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(&tmp, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+	if (write && !ret) {
+		if (locked_state && unpriv_enable != 1)
+			return -EPERM;
+		*(int *)table->data = unpriv_enable;
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+#endif
+
 static struct ctl_table kern_table[];
 static struct ctl_table vm_table[];
 static struct ctl_table fs_table[];
@@ -1247,10 +1269,9 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.data		= &sysctl_unprivileged_bpf_disabled,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(sysctl_unprivileged_bpf_disabled),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		/* only handle a transition from default "0" to "1" */
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
-		.extra1		= &one,
-		.extra2		= &one,
+		.proc_handler	= bpf_unpriv_handler,
+		.extra1		= &zero,
+		.extra2		= &two,
 	},
 #endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_TREE_RCU) || defined(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU)