diff --git a/drivers/android/binderfs.c b/drivers/android/binderfs.c
index 6a2185eb66c59761e5d4f0d0f09120806c12dc8b..7a550104a722f0d4256e502b499ae91881cbf611 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binderfs.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binderfs.c
@@ -395,6 +395,11 @@ static int binderfs_binder_ctl_create(struct super_block *sb)
 	struct inode *inode = NULL;
 	struct dentry *root = sb->s_root;
 	struct binderfs_info *info = sb->s_fs_info;
+#if defined(CONFIG_IPC_NS)
+	bool use_reserve = (info->ipc_ns == &init_ipc_ns);
+#else
+	bool use_reserve = true;
+#endif
 
 	device = kzalloc(sizeof(*device), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!device)
@@ -413,7 +418,10 @@ static int binderfs_binder_ctl_create(struct super_block *sb)
 
 	/* Reserve a new minor number for the new device. */
 	mutex_lock(&binderfs_minors_mutex);
-	minor = ida_alloc_max(&binderfs_minors, BINDERFS_MAX_MINOR, GFP_KERNEL);
+	minor = ida_alloc_max(&binderfs_minors,
+			      use_reserve ? BINDERFS_MAX_MINOR :
+					    BINDERFS_MAX_MINOR_CAPPED,
+			      GFP_KERNEL);
 	mutex_unlock(&binderfs_minors_mutex);
 	if (minor < 0) {
 		ret = minor;