1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c
index a279c58fe360..8a63cfa29005 100644
--- a/fs/char_dev.c
+++ b/fs/char_dev.c
@@ -159,6 +159,12 @@ __register_chrdev_region(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor,
                         ret = -EBUSY;
                         goto out;
                 }
+
+                if (new_min < old_min && new_max > old_max) {
+                        ret = -EBUSY;
+                        goto out;
+                }
+
         }
 
         cd->next = *cp;