diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index dd6628d3ba42..dfa532730e55 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -3124,11 +3124,16 @@ static int proc_pid_fill_cache(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldi
 /* for the /proc/ directory itself, after non-process stuff has been done */
 int proc_pid_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 {
-	unsigned int nr = filp->f_pos - FIRST_PROCESS_ENTRY;
-	struct task_struct *reaper = get_proc_task(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
+	unsigned int nr;
+	struct task_struct *reaper;
 	struct tgid_iter iter;
 	struct pid_namespace *ns;
 
+	if (filp->f_pos >= PID_MAX_LIMIT + TGID_OFFSET)
+		goto out_no_task;
+	nr = filp->f_pos - FIRST_PROCESS_ENTRY;
+
+	reaper = get_proc_task(filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
 	if (!reaper)
 		goto out_no_task;