diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/kthread.c b/fs/ecryptfs/kthread.c
index 866bb18efefe..e818f5ac7a26 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/kthread.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/kthread.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
 #include "ecryptfs_kernel.h"
 
 struct ecryptfs_open_req {
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ int ecryptfs_privileged_open(struct file **lower_file,
 	flags |= IS_RDONLY(d_inode(lower_dentry)) ? O_RDONLY : O_RDWR;
 	(*lower_file) = dentry_open(&req.path, flags, cred);
 	if (!IS_ERR(*lower_file))
-		goto out;
+		goto have_file;
 	if ((flags & O_ACCMODE) == O_RDONLY) {
 		rc = PTR_ERR((*lower_file));
 		goto out;
@@ -165,8 +166,16 @@ int ecryptfs_privileged_open(struct file **lower_file,
 	mutex_unlock(&ecryptfs_kthread_ctl.mux);
 	wake_up(&ecryptfs_kthread_ctl.wait);
 	wait_for_completion(&req.done);
-	if (IS_ERR(*lower_file))
+	if (IS_ERR(*lower_file)) {
 		rc = PTR_ERR(*lower_file);
+		goto out;
+	}
+have_file:
+	if ((*lower_file)->f_op->mmap == NULL) {
+		fput(*lower_file);
+		*lower_file = NULL;
+		rc = -EMEDIUMTYPE;
+	}
 out:
 	return rc;
 }
diff --git a/fs/proc/root.c b/fs/proc/root.c
index 55bc7d6c8aac..06702783bf40 100644
--- a/fs/proc/root.c
+++ b/fs/proc/root.c
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ static struct dentry *proc_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 	if (IS_ERR(sb))
 		return ERR_CAST(sb);
 
+	/*
+	 * procfs isn't actually a stacking filesystem; however, there is
+	 * too much magic going on inside it to permit stacking things on
+	 * top of it
+	 */
+	sb->s_stack_depth = FILESYSTEM_MAX_STACK_DEPTH;
+
 	if (!proc_parse_options(options, ns)) {
 		deactivate_locked_super(sb);
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 385c947482e1..017d5394f5dc 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -3170,7 +3170,8 @@ static noinline void __schedule_bug(struct task_struct *prev)
 static inline void schedule_debug(struct task_struct *prev)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK
-	BUG_ON(task_stack_end_corrupted(prev));
+	if (task_stack_end_corrupted(prev))
+		panic("corrupted stack end detected inside scheduler\n");
 #endif
 
 	if (unlikely(in_atomic_preempt_off())) {