diff --git a/include/linux/share_pool.h b/include/linux/share_pool.h
index 597b96129bf86d5a0fc0be19cd6ad64e6ecf3040..8ab4cfb2b2509719bbe26b150cce3475ccb0bb37 100644
--- a/include/linux/share_pool.h
+++ b/include/linux/share_pool.h
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ struct sp_group {
 	int		 hugepage_failures;
 	struct file	 *file;
 	struct file	 *file_hugetlb;
+	/* number of process in this group */
+	int		 proc_num;
 	/* list head of processes (sp_group_node, each represents a process) */
 	struct list_head procs;
 	/* list head of sp_area. it is protected by spin_lock sp_area_lock */
diff --git a/mm/share_pool.c b/mm/share_pool.c
index 48f8af0e254cfb6608a2fcde7d18b66adfc5ac5b..436084741ed0c90c25a00bc49a7ac519e9dc9e3f 100644
--- a/mm/share_pool.c
+++ b/mm/share_pool.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 
 #define MAX_GROUP_FOR_SYSTEM	50000
 #define MAX_GROUP_FOR_TASK	3000
+#define MAX_PROC_PER_GROUP	1024
 
 #define PF_DOMAIN_CORE		0x10000000	/* AOS CORE processes in sched.h */
 
@@ -536,6 +537,7 @@ static struct sp_group *find_or_alloc_sp_group(int spg_id)
 		}
 
 		spg->id = spg_id;
+		spg->proc_num = 0;
 		atomic_set(&spg->spa_num, 0);
 		atomic64_set(&spg->size, 0);
 		atomic64_set(&spg->alloc_nsize, 0);
@@ -686,6 +688,13 @@ static int mm_add_group_finish(struct mm_struct *mm, struct sp_group *spg)
 	spg_node->master = master;
 
 	down_write(&spg->rw_lock);
+	if (spg->proc_num + 1 == MAX_PROC_PER_GROUP) {
+		up_write(&spg->rw_lock);
+		pr_err_ratelimited("add group: group reaches max process num\n");
+		kfree(spg_node);
+		return -ENOSPC;
+	}
+	spg->proc_num++;
 	list_add_tail(&spg_node->proc_node, &spg->procs);
 	up_write(&spg->rw_lock);
 
@@ -3347,6 +3356,7 @@ int sp_group_exit(struct mm_struct *mm)
 		/* a dead group should NOT be reactive again */
 		if (spg_valid(spg) && list_is_singular(&spg->procs))
 			is_alive = spg->is_alive = false;
+		spg->proc_num--;
 		list_del(&spg_node->proc_node);
 		up_write(&spg->rw_lock);