diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index 1d33d7db277a..f9216102b426 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -707,7 +707,14 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(fanotify_init, unsigned int, flags, unsigned int, event_f_flags)
 		group->max_events = FANOTIFY_DEFAULT_MAX_EVENTS;
 	}
 
-	group->fanotify_data.max_marks = FANOTIFY_DEFAULT_MAX_MARKS;
+	if (flags & FAN_UNLIMITED_MARKS) {
+		fd = -EPERM;
+		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+			goto out_put_group;
+		group->fanotify_data.max_marks = UINT_MAX;
+	} else {
+		group->fanotify_data.max_marks = FANOTIFY_DEFAULT_MAX_MARKS;
+	}
 
 	fd = anon_inode_getfd("[fanotify]", &fanotify_fops, group, f_flags);
 	if (fd < 0)
diff --git a/include/linux/fanotify.h b/include/linux/fanotify.h
index e37f559c95e1..7592a366a57b 100644
--- a/include/linux/fanotify.h
+++ b/include/linux/fanotify.h
@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@
 				 FAN_CLASS_PRE_CONTENT)
 
 #define FAN_UNLIMITED_QUEUE	0x00000010
+#define FAN_UNLIMITED_MARKS	0x00000020
 
 #define FAN_ALL_INIT_FLAGS	(FAN_CLOEXEC | FAN_NONBLOCK | \
-				 FAN_ALL_CLASS_BITS | FAN_UNLIMITED_QUEUE)
+				 FAN_ALL_CLASS_BITS | FAN_UNLIMITED_QUEUE |\
+				 FAN_UNLIMITED_MARKS)
 
 /* flags used for fanotify_modify_mark() */
 #define FAN_MARK_ADD		0x00000001