diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 706ac8c03b95..9a021fe6c461 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -7733,6 +7733,8 @@ static int io_sqe_files_register(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, void __user *arg,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (nr_args > IORING_MAX_FIXED_FILES)
 		return -EMFILE;
+	if (nr_args > rlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE))
+		return -EMFILE;
 	ret = io_rsrc_node_switch_start(ctx);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;