diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index dfc80f70e517880f0bcc1b7d7e195a914a01be7c..c8203ce28ab7cd035da377c8ec6a248e0d9a5d57 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -839,6 +839,27 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(inotify_rm_watch, int, fd, __s32, wd)
  */
 static int __init inotify_user_setup(void)
 {
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(IN_ACCESS != FS_ACCESS);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(IN_MODIFY != FS_MODIFY);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(IN_ATTRIB != FS_ATTRIB);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(IN_CLOSE_WRITE != FS_CLOSE_WRITE);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE != FS_CLOSE_NOWRITE);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(IN_OPEN != FS_OPEN);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(IN_MOVED_FROM != FS_MOVED_FROM);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(IN_MOVED_TO != FS_MOVED_TO);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(IN_CREATE != FS_CREATE);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(IN_DELETE != FS_DELETE);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(IN_DELETE_SELF != FS_DELETE_SELF);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(IN_MOVE_SELF != FS_MOVE_SELF);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(IN_UNMOUNT != FS_UNMOUNT);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(IN_Q_OVERFLOW != FS_Q_OVERFLOW);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(IN_IGNORED != FS_IN_IGNORED);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(IN_EXCL_UNLINK != FS_EXCL_UNLINK);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(IN_ISDIR != FS_IN_ISDIR);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(IN_ONESHOT != FS_IN_ONESHOT);
+
+	BUG_ON(hweight32(ALL_INOTIFY_BITS) != 21);
+
 	inotify_inode_mark_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(inotify_inode_mark, SLAB_PANIC);
 	event_priv_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(inotify_event_private_data, SLAB_PANIC);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/inotify.h b/include/linux/inotify.h
index b74f2ef2c3686c530db576f96a489bd93f1fb1e6..d33041e2a42a6ee16bef9df6348eb4ec026cefd3 100644
--- a/include/linux/inotify.h
+++ b/include/linux/inotify.h
@@ -73,6 +73,15 @@ struct inotify_event {
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
 extern struct ctl_table inotify_table[]; /* for sysctl */
+
+#define ALL_INOTIFY_BITS (IN_ACCESS | IN_MODIFY | IN_ATTRIB | IN_CLOSE_WRITE | \
+			  IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE | IN_OPEN | IN_MOVED_FROM | \
+			  IN_MOVED_TO | IN_CREATE | IN_DELETE | \
+			  IN_DELETE_SELF | IN_MOVE_SELF | IN_UNMOUNT | \
+			  IN_Q_OVERFLOW | IN_IGNORED | IN_ONLYDIR | \
+			  IN_DONT_FOLLOW | IN_EXCL_UNLINK | IN_MASK_ADD | \
+			  IN_ISDIR | IN_ONESHOT)
+
 #endif
 
 #endif	/* _LINUX_INOTIFY_H */