diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index 76546314e35ff9d515c525dec78ef9d4d30a2b92..213a726cff963d210856f6aa88da300b53665a13 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -45,6 +45,19 @@ int ovl_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 	int err;
 	struct dentry *upperdentry;
 
+	/*
+	 * Check for permissions before trying to copy-up.  This is redundant
+	 * since it will be rechecked later by ->setattr() on upper dentry.  But
+	 * without this, copy-up can be triggered by just about anybody.
+	 *
+	 * We don't initialize inode->size, which just means that
+	 * inode_newsize_ok() will always check against MAX_LFS_FILESIZE and not
+	 * check for a swapfile (which this won't be anyway).
+	 */
+	err = inode_change_ok(dentry->d_inode, attr);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
 	err = ovl_want_write(dentry);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index ec31711d48869cbcba7a9c156e36321e574c1c2c..b08bf4d3a405ed4a327dcc64e6b59c2adf6aa613 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/xattr.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
@@ -936,6 +937,7 @@ static int ovl_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	}
 
 	sb->s_stack_depth = 0;
+	sb->s_maxbytes = MAX_LFS_FILESIZE;
 	if (ufs->config.upperdir) {
 		if (!ufs->config.workdir) {
 			pr_err("overlayfs: missing 'workdir'\n");