diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 1977c2a553aca711ba145d1670ea9a84fd45ea84..b06623a9347f4f206fb466c80574ec4bdd7d13fa 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ static inline void put_binfmt(struct linux_binfmt * fmt)
 	module_put(fmt->module);
 }
 
+bool path_noexec(const struct path *path)
+{
+	return (path->mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOEXEC) ||
+	       (path->mnt->mnt_sb->s_iflags & SB_I_NOEXEC);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_USELIB
 /*
  * Note that a shared library must be both readable and executable due to
@@ -132,7 +138,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(uselib, const char __user *, library)
 		goto exit;
 
 	error = -EACCES;
-	if (file->f_path.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOEXEC)
+	if (path_noexec(&file->f_path))
 		goto exit;
 
 	fsnotify_open(file);
@@ -777,7 +783,7 @@ static struct file *do_open_execat(int fd, struct filename *name, int flags)
 	if (!S_ISREG(file_inode(file)->i_mode))
 		goto exit;
 
-	if (file->f_path.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOEXEC)
+	if (path_noexec(&file->f_path))
 		goto exit;
 
 	err = deny_write_access(file);
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index e33dab287fa00a3d1d657e4b2d23c1f74529ae72..b6f1e96a7c0b331b3e5a5d9bb4c014c5c9edc54b 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(faccessat, int, dfd, const char __user *, filename, int, mode)
 		 * with the "noexec" flag.
 		 */
 		res = -EACCES;
-		if (path.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOEXEC)
+		if (path_noexec(&path))
 			goto out_path_release;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/proc/root.c b/fs/proc/root.c
index 68feb0f70e6358f83f5a5281bf3c64d16cad2015..361ab4ee42fc3632232f4bc6eaef54a12f6b47e6 100644
--- a/fs/proc/root.c
+++ b/fs/proc/root.c
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ static struct dentry *proc_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 		}
 
 		sb->s_flags |= MS_ACTIVE;
+		/* User space would break if executables appear on proc */
+		sb->s_iflags |= SB_I_NOEXEC;
 	}
 
 	return dget(sb->s_root);
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/mount.c b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
index 1c6ac6fcee9fb15c869ef80fc5947ba9117d77ea..f3db82071cfbd5997bdb1393097e755ae730ea96 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/mount.c
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ static struct dentry *sysfs_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 				SYSFS_MAGIC, &new_sb, ns);
 	if (IS_ERR(root) || !new_sb)
 		kobj_ns_drop(KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NET, ns);
+	else if (new_sb)
+		/* Userspace would break if executables appear on sysfs */
+		root->d_sb->s_iflags |= SB_I_NOEXEC;
+
 	return root;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index a0653e560c2679a2eea870035a55cd3282e47894..42912f8d286eb5c77fef0c39c550320e8ad1e736 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1244,6 +1244,7 @@ struct mm_struct;
 
 /* sb->s_iflags */
 #define SB_I_CGROUPWB	0x00000001	/* cgroup-aware writeback enabled */
+#define SB_I_NOEXEC	0x00000002	/* Ignore executables on this fs */
 
 /* Possible states of 'frozen' field */
 enum {
@@ -3030,4 +3031,6 @@ static inline bool dir_relax(struct inode *inode)
 	return !IS_DEADDIR(inode);
 }
 
+extern bool path_noexec(const struct path *path);
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_FS_H */
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 259fda25eb6bac6dcbcfe788590a14ebb63e87f2..fa2f2f671a5cadb271367b13f8b119a21c8bf6b7 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1668,8 +1668,7 @@ static int prctl_set_mm_exe_file(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned int fd)
 	 * overall picture.
 	 */
 	err = -EACCES;
-	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)	||
-	    exe.file->f_path.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOEXEC)
+	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) || path_noexec(&exe.file->f_path))
 		goto exit;
 
 	err = inode_permission(inode, MAY_EXEC);
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index aa632ade2be797a9cc4f7a80e37884bc4e14745a..f126923ce683c6969a9ce2498bcd481d90d39b8e 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ unsigned long do_mmap_pgoff(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 	 *  mounted, in which case we dont add PROT_EXEC.)
 	 */
 	if ((prot & PROT_READ) && (current->personality & READ_IMPLIES_EXEC))
-		if (!(file && (file->f_path.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOEXEC)))
+		if (!(file && path_noexec(&file->f_path)))
 			prot |= PROT_EXEC;
 
 	if (!(flags & MAP_FIXED))
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ unsigned long do_mmap_pgoff(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 		case MAP_PRIVATE:
 			if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_READ))
 				return -EACCES;
-			if (file->f_path.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOEXEC) {
+			if (path_noexec(&file->f_path)) {
 				if (vm_flags & VM_EXEC)
 					return -EPERM;
 				vm_flags &= ~VM_MAYEXEC;
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 58ea3643b9e9968a723f498d7df55b34c51a179e..ce17abf087ff5917c5d51177ec4a331a240ed746 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ static int validate_mmap_request(struct file *file,
 
 		/* handle executable mappings and implied executable
 		 * mappings */
-		if (file->f_path.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOEXEC) {
+		if (path_noexec(&file->f_path)) {
 			if (prot & PROT_EXEC)
 				return -EPERM;
 		} else if ((prot & PROT_READ) && !(prot & PROT_EXEC)) {
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index 595fffab48b0a27077efa75ec9dd64e6983ae2d9..062f3c997fdc32a585c0ac02f72a108fee094f53 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ static inline unsigned long mmap_prot(struct file *file, unsigned long prot)
 	 * ditto if it's not on noexec mount, except that on !MMU we need
 	 * NOMMU_MAP_EXEC (== VM_MAYEXEC) in this case
 	 */
-	if (!(file->f_path.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOEXEC)) {
+	if (!path_noexec(&file->f_path)) {
 #ifndef CONFIG_MMU
 		if (file->f_op->mmap_capabilities) {
 			unsigned caps = file->f_op->mmap_capabilities(file);