diff --git a/fs/proc/root.c b/fs/proc/root.c
index 361ab4ee42fc3632232f4bc6eaef54a12f6b47e6..ec649c92d2708831b5e2b19615ee276113a1dabe 100644
--- a/fs/proc/root.c
+++ b/fs/proc/root.c
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ static struct dentry *proc_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 	if (IS_ERR(sb))
 		return ERR_CAST(sb);
 
+	/*
+	 * procfs isn't actually a stacking filesystem; however, there is
+	 * too much magic going on inside it to permit stacking things on
+	 * top of it
+	 */
+	sb->s_stack_depth = FILESYSTEM_MAX_STACK_DEPTH;
+
 	if (!proc_parse_options(options, ns)) {
 		deactivate_locked_super(sb);
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);