diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 0b3ee89..0573a3e 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -75,6 +75,19 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, nr_unused);
 
 static struct kmem_cache *inode_cachep __read_mostly;
 
+struct vfs_max_timestamp_check timestamp_check = {
+	.timestamp_supported = Y2038_EXPIRY_TIMESTAMP,
+	.check_on = 0,
+};
+
+static int __init setup_timestamp_check(char *str)
+{
+	timestamp_check.check_on = 1;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+early_param("fstimestampcheck", setup_timestamp_check);
+
 static long get_nr_inodes(void)
 {
 	int i;
diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index 11c6d89..4b3cb9e 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ extern int finish_automount(struct vfsmount *, struct path *);
 
 extern int sb_prepare_remount_readonly(struct super_block *);
 
+extern bool sb_file_times_updatable(struct super_block *sb);
+
 extern void __init mnt_init(void);
 
 extern int __mnt_want_write(struct vfsmount *);
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 8bfad42..dbf3f1c 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -538,6 +538,18 @@ static void __mnt_unmake_readonly(struct mount *mnt)
 	unlock_mount_hash();
 }
 
+bool sb_file_times_updatable(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+
+	if (!timestamp_check.check_on)
+		return true;
+
+	if (sb->s_time_max > timestamp_check.timestamp_supported)
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 int sb_prepare_remount_readonly(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct mount *mnt;
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index f9c2241..4e7577b 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -1245,6 +1245,13 @@ mount_fs(struct file_system_type *type, int flags, const char *name, void *data)
 	WARN((sb->s_maxbytes < 0), "%s set sb->s_maxbytes to "
 		"negative value (%lld)\n", type->name, sb->s_maxbytes);
 
+	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) && !sb_file_times_updatable(sb)) {
+		WARN(1, "File times cannot be updated on the filesystem.\n");
+		WARN(1, "Retry mounting the filesystem readonly.\n");
+		error = -EROFS;
+		goto out_sb;
+	}
+
 	up_write(&sb->s_umount);
 	free_secdata(secdata);
 	return root;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index ef55dfb..e12a32d 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ extern struct inodes_stat_t inodes_stat;
 extern int leases_enable, lease_break_time;
 extern int sysctl_protected_symlinks;
 extern int sysctl_protected_hardlinks;
+extern struct vfs_max_timestamp_check timestamp_check;
 
 struct buffer_head;
 typedef int (get_block_t)(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
diff --git a/include/linux/time64.h b/include/linux/time64.h
index 25433b18..906e0b3 100644
--- a/include/linux/time64.h
+++ b/include/linux/time64.h
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ struct itimerspec64 {
 #define KTIME_MAX			((s64)~((u64)1 << 63))
 #define KTIME_SEC_MAX			(KTIME_MAX / NSEC_PER_SEC)
 
+/* Timestamps on boundary */
+#define Y2038_EXPIRY_TIMESTAMP		S32_MAX /* 2147483647 */
+#define Y2106_EXPIRY_TIMESTAMP		U32_MAX /* 4294967295 */
+
 #if __BITS_PER_LONG == 64
 
 static inline struct timespec timespec64_to_timespec(const struct timespec64 ts64)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
index 048a85e..125e4ae 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ struct files_stat_struct {
 	unsigned long max_files;		/* tunable */
 };
 
+struct vfs_max_timestamp_check {
+	time64_t timestamp_supported;
+	int check_on;
+};
+
 struct inodes_stat_t {
 	long nr_inodes;
 	long nr_unused;
@@ -100,7 +105,6 @@ struct inodes_stat_t {
 
 #define NR_FILE  8192	/* this can well be larger on a larger system */
 
-
 /*
  * These are the fs-independent mount-flags: up to 32 flags are supported
  */
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index bb260ce..eda60d9 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1667,6 +1667,13 @@ static struct ctl_table fs_table[] = {
 		.proc_handler	= proc_doulongvec_minmax,
 	},
 	{
+		.procname	= "fs-timestamp-check-on",
+		.data		= &timestamp_check.check_on,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+	},
+	{
 		.procname	= "nr_open",
 		.data		= &sysctl_nr_open,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned int),
