diff --git a/security/apparmor/include/policy_ns.h b/security/apparmor/include/policy_ns.h
index d646070fd966..cc6e84151812 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/include/policy_ns.h
+++ b/security/apparmor/include/policy_ns.h
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 #include "label.h"
 #include "policy.h"
 
+/* Match max depth of user namespaces */
+#define MAX_NS_DEPTH 32
 
 /* struct aa_ns_acct - accounting of profiles in namespace
  * @max_size: maximum space allowed for all profiles in namespace
diff --git a/security/apparmor/policy_ns.c b/security/apparmor/policy_ns.c
index 01b653a3609b..5a907a875d8f 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/policy_ns.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/policy_ns.c
@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ static struct aa_ns *__aa_create_ns(struct aa_ns *parent, const char *name,
 	AA_BUG(!name);
 	AA_BUG(!mutex_is_locked(&parent->lock));
 
+	if (parent->level > MAX_NS_DEPTH)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
 	ns = alloc_ns(parent->base.hname, name);
 	if (!ns)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);