diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index b265936e92d6..04f2fe47b66a 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 #include <asm/ioctls.h>
 
+#define FANOTIFY_DEFAULT_MAX_EVENTS	16384
+
 extern const struct fsnotify_ops fanotify_fsnotify_ops;
 
 static struct kmem_cache *fanotify_mark_cache __read_mostly;
@@ -689,6 +691,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(fanotify_init, unsigned int, flags, unsigned int, event_f_flags)
 		goto out_put_group;
 	}
 
+	group->max_events = FANOTIFY_DEFAULT_MAX_EVENTS;
+
 	fd = anon_inode_getfd("[fanotify]", &fanotify_fops, group, f_flags);
 	if (fd < 0)
 		goto out_put_group;
diff --git a/include/linux/fanotify.h b/include/linux/fanotify.h
index a97c96d28c07..ed479b6fef7b 100644
--- a/include/linux/fanotify.h
+++ b/include/linux/fanotify.h
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 #define FAN_EVENT_ON_CHILD	0x08000000	/* interested in child events */
 
-/* FIXME currently Q's have no limit.... */
 #define FAN_Q_OVERFLOW		0x00004000	/* Event queued overflowed */
 
 #define FAN_OPEN_PERM		0x00010000	/* File open in perm check */