diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 40306c1eab07c..5fff7cb3582f0 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -1284,6 +1284,12 @@ hugetlbfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
 	sb->s_magic = HUGETLBFS_MAGIC;
 	sb->s_op = &hugetlbfs_ops;
 	sb->s_time_gran = 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * Due to the special and limited functionality of hugetlbfs, it does
+	 * not work well as a stacking filesystem.
+	 */
+	sb->s_stack_depth = FILESYSTEM_MAX_STACK_DEPTH;
 	sb->s_root = d_make_root(hugetlbfs_get_root(sb, ctx));
 	if (!sb->s_root)
 		goto out_free;