diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
index 7f555179bf81..f34d9de802ab 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
@@ -699,6 +699,11 @@ static ssize_t __write_ports_addfd(char *buf, struct net *net)
 	if (err != 0 || fd < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (svc_alien_sock(net, fd)) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: socket net is different to NFSd's one\n", __func__);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	err = nfsd_create_serv(net);
 	if (err != 0)
 		return err;
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svcsock.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svcsock.h
index 62fd1b756e99..947009ed5996 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svcsock.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svcsock.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ int		svc_recv(struct svc_rqst *, long);
 int		svc_send(struct svc_rqst *);
 void		svc_drop(struct svc_rqst *);
 void		svc_sock_update_bufs(struct svc_serv *serv);
+bool		svc_alien_sock(struct net *net, int fd);
 int		svc_addsock(struct svc_serv *serv, const int fd,
 					char *name_return, const size_t len);
 void		svc_init_xprt_sock(void);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
index 305374d4fb98..422759bae60d 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
@@ -1393,6 +1393,22 @@ static struct svc_sock *svc_setup_socket(struct svc_serv *serv,
 	return svsk;
 }
 
+bool svc_alien_sock(struct net *net, int fd)
+{
+	int err;
+	struct socket *sock = sockfd_lookup(fd, &err);
+	bool ret = false;
+
+	if (!sock)
+		goto out;
+	if (sock_net(sock->sk) != net)
+		ret = true;
+	sockfd_put(sock);
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_alien_sock);
+
 /**
  * svc_addsock - add a listener socket to an RPC service
  * @serv: pointer to RPC service to which to add a new listener