diff --git a/kernel/seccomp.c b/kernel/seccomp.c
index ae6b40cc39f4..8ad7a293255a 100644
--- a/kernel/seccomp.c
+++ b/kernel/seccomp.c
@@ -1476,13 +1476,7 @@ static const struct file_operations seccomp_notify_ops = {
 
 static struct file *init_listener(struct seccomp_filter *filter)
 {
-	struct file *ret = ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);
-	struct seccomp_filter *cur;
-
-	for (cur = current->seccomp.filter; cur; cur = cur->prev) {
-		if (cur->notif)
-			goto out;
-	}
+	struct file *ret;
 
 	ret = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	filter->notif = kzalloc(sizeof(*(filter->notif)), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -1508,6 +1502,31 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Does @new_child have a listener while an ancestor also has a listener?
+ * If so, we'll want to reject this filter.
+ * This only has to be tested for the current process, even in the TSYNC case,
+ * because TSYNC installs @child with the same parent on all threads.
+ * Note that @new_child is not hooked up to its parent at this point yet, so
+ * we use current->seccomp.filter.
+ */
+static bool has_duplicate_listener(struct seccomp_filter *new_child)
+{
+	struct seccomp_filter *cur;
+
+	/* must be protected against concurrent TSYNC */
+	lockdep_assert_held(&current->sighand->siglock);
+
+	if (!new_child->notif)
+		return false;
+	for (cur = current->seccomp.filter; cur; cur = cur->prev) {
+		if (cur->notif)
+			return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 /**
  * seccomp_set_mode_filter: internal function for setting seccomp filter
  * @flags:  flags to change filter behavior
@@ -1579,6 +1598,11 @@ static long seccomp_set_mode_filter(unsigned int flags,
 	if (!seccomp_may_assign_mode(seccomp_mode))
 		goto out;
 
+	if (has_duplicate_listener(prepared)) {
+		ret = -EBUSY;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	ret = seccomp_attach_filter(flags, prepared);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;