diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 3006c1c24304..3235cbd85efa 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1350,6 +1350,18 @@ void setup_new_exec(struct linux_binprm * bprm)
 	 */
 	bprm->secureexec |= bprm->cap_elevated;
 
+	if (bprm->secureexec) {
+		/*
+		 * For secureexec, reset the stack limit to sane default to
+		 * avoid bad behavior from the prior rlimits. This has to
+		 * happen before arch_pick_mmap_layout(), which examines
+		 * RLIMIT_STACK, but after the point of no return to avoid
+		 * needing to clean up the change on failure.
+		 */
+		if (current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_STACK].rlim_cur > _STK_LIM)
+			current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_STACK].rlim_cur = _STK_LIM;
+	}
+
 	arch_pick_mmap_layout(current->mm);
 
 	current->sas_ss_sp = current->sas_ss_size = 0;