diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 28d49b301d5516bbdfb5bf7651f3c51b8f370f31..61f99c1967d9d9ce85b960729468a7a35a5a9fe7 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -249,9 +249,11 @@ int permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, struct nameidata *nd)
 
 	/*
 	 * MAY_EXEC on regular files requires special handling: We override
-	 * filesystem execute permissions if the mode bits aren't set.
+	 * filesystem execute permissions if the mode bits aren't set or
+	 * the fs is mounted with the "noexec" flag.
 	 */
-	if ((mask & MAY_EXEC) && S_ISREG(mode) && !(mode & S_IXUGO))
+	if ((mask & MAY_EXEC) && S_ISREG(mode) && (!(mode & S_IXUGO) ||
+			(nd && nd->mnt && (nd->mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOEXEC))))
 		return -EACCES;
 
 	/* Ordinary permission routines do not understand MAY_APPEND. */