diff --git a/fs/nsfs.c b/fs/nsfs.c
index 32cb8c835a2b..050e7db80297 100644
--- a/fs/nsfs.c
+++ b/fs/nsfs.c
@@ -461,6 +461,8 @@ static int nsfs_encode_fh(struct inode *inode, u32 *fh, int *max_len,
 static struct dentry *nsfs_fh_to_dentry(struct super_block *sb, struct fid *fh,
 					int fh_len, int fh_type)
 {
+	if (fh_type != FILEID_NSFS)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	struct path path __free(path_put) = {};
 	struct nsfs_file_handle *fid = (struct nsfs_file_handle *)fh;
 	struct user_namespace *owning_ns = NULL;