diff --git a/fs/squashfs/super.c b/fs/squashfs/super.c
index 22e812808e5c..269c6d61bc29 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/super.c
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ static int squashfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
 		goto check_directory_table;
 
 	msblk->fragment_cache = squashfs_cache_init("fragment",
-		SQUASHFS_CACHED_FRAGMENTS, msblk->block_size);
+		min(SQUASHFS_CACHED_FRAGMENTS, fragments), msblk->block_size);
 	if (msblk->fragment_cache == NULL) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto failed_mount;