diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 168e8c040aab..da76cad92ecf 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4462,6 +4462,10 @@ static int btrfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 	if (inode->i_nlink == 0)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
+	/* do not allow sys_link's with other subvols of the same device */
+	if (root->objectid != BTRFS_I(inode)->root->objectid)
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	/*
 	 * 1 item for inode ref
 	 * 2 items for dir items