diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index 1493ceb0477d..ec03cf620fd7 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ void f_setown(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg, int force)
 	int who = arg;
 	type = PIDTYPE_PID;
 	if (who < 0) {
+		/* avoid overflow below */
+		if (who == INT_MIN)
+			return;
+
 		type = PIDTYPE_PGID;
 		who = -who;
 	}