diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index 63c789eb1e3..d6a53688647 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -414,6 +414,9 @@ static struct ceph_mds_session *register_session(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 {
 	struct ceph_mds_session *s;
 
+	if (mds >= mdsc->mdsmap->m_max_mds)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
 	s = kzalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!s)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);