diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index c8a4e4c86e55..ba06140d89af 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -286,7 +286,6 @@ struct files_struct *dup_fd(struct files_struct *oldf, int *errorp)
 	spin_lock_init(&newf->file_lock);
 	newf->resize_in_progress = false;
 	init_waitqueue_head(&newf->resize_wait);
-	newf->next_fd = 0;
 	new_fdt = &newf->fdtab;
 	new_fdt->max_fds = NR_OPEN_DEFAULT;
 	new_fdt->close_on_exec = newf->close_on_exec_init;
@@ -295,6 +294,7 @@ struct files_struct *dup_fd(struct files_struct *oldf, int *errorp)
 	new_fdt->fd = &newf->fd_array[0];
 
 	spin_lock(&oldf->file_lock);
+	newf->next_fd = newf->min_fd = oldf->min_fd;
 	old_fdt = files_fdtable(oldf);
 	open_files = count_open_files(old_fdt);
 
@@ -487,9 +487,7 @@ int __alloc_fd(struct files_struct *files,
 	spin_lock(&files->file_lock);
 repeat:
 	fdt = files_fdtable(files);
-	fd = start;
-	if (fd < files->next_fd)
-		fd = files->next_fd;
+	fd = max3(start, files->min_fd, files->next_fd);
 
 	if (fd < fdt->max_fds)
 		fd = find_next_fd(fdt, fd);
@@ -514,7 +512,7 @@ int __alloc_fd(struct files_struct *files,
 		goto repeat;
 
 	if (start <= files->next_fd)
-		files->next_fd = fd + 1;
+		files->next_fd = max(fd + 1, files->min_fd);
 
 	__set_open_fd(fd, fdt);
 	if (flags & O_CLOEXEC)
@@ -555,7 +553,7 @@ static void __put_unused_fd(struct files_struct *files, unsigned int fd)
 {
 	struct fdtable *fdt = files_fdtable(files);
 	__clear_open_fd(fd, fdt);
-	if (fd < files->next_fd)
+	if (fd < files->next_fd && fd >= files->min_fd)
 		files->next_fd = fd;
 }
 
@@ -684,6 +682,7 @@ void do_close_on_exec(struct files_struct *files)
 
 	/* exec unshares first */
 	spin_lock(&files->file_lock);
+	files->min_fd = 0;
 	for (i = 0; ; i++) {
 		unsigned long set;
 		unsigned fd = i * BITS_PER_LONG;
@@ -865,6 +864,18 @@ bool get_close_on_exec(unsigned int fd)
 	return res;
 }
 
+unsigned int increase_min_fd(unsigned int num)
+{
+	struct files_struct *files = current->files;
+	unsigned int old_min_fd;
+
+	spin_lock(&files->file_lock);
+	old_min_fd = files->min_fd;
+	files->min_fd += num;
+	spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
+	return old_min_fd;
+}
+
 static int do_dup2(struct files_struct *files,
 	struct file *file, unsigned fd, unsigned flags)
 __releases(&files->file_lock)
diff --git a/include/linux/fdtable.h b/include/linux/fdtable.h
index f07c55ea0c22..d1980443d8b3 100644
--- a/include/linux/fdtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/fdtable.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ struct files_struct {
    */
 	spinlock_t file_lock ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
 	unsigned int next_fd;
+	unsigned int min_fd; /* min for "lowest available fd" allocation */
 	unsigned long close_on_exec_init[1];
 	unsigned long open_fds_init[1];
 	unsigned long full_fds_bits_init[1];
diff --git a/include/linux/file.h b/include/linux/file.h
index 142d102f285e..b67986f818d2 100644
--- a/include/linux/file.h
+++ b/include/linux/file.h
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ extern bool get_close_on_exec(unsigned int fd);
 extern int __get_unused_fd_flags(unsigned flags, unsigned long nofile);
 extern int get_unused_fd_flags(unsigned flags);
 extern void put_unused_fd(unsigned int fd);
+extern unsigned int increase_min_fd(unsigned int num);
 
 extern void fd_install(unsigned int fd, struct file *file);
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h b/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
index 07b4f8131e36..916327272d21 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
@@ -238,4 +238,7 @@ struct prctl_mm_map {
 #define PR_SET_IO_FLUSHER		57
 #define PR_GET_IO_FLUSHER		58
 
+/* Increase minimum file descriptor for "lowest available fd" allocation */
+#define PR_INCREASE_MIN_FD		59
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_PRCTL_H */
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index d325f3ab624a..daa0ce43cecc 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -2514,6 +2514,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(prctl, int, option, unsigned long, arg2, unsigned long, arg3,
 
 		error = (current->flags & PR_IO_FLUSHER) == PR_IO_FLUSHER;
 		break;
+	case PR_INCREASE_MIN_FD:
+		if (arg3 || arg4 || arg5)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		error = increase_min_fd((unsigned int)arg2);
+		break;
 	default:
 		error = -EINVAL;
 		break;
