diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 2c300e98179607ea0062a2c1dbcee17e9bc926c4..8c86c809ca17b30e003913e169626aa42df2e908 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1999,8 +1999,14 @@ void inode_init_owner(struct inode *inode, const struct inode *dir,
 	inode->i_uid = current_fsuid();
 	if (dir && dir->i_mode & S_ISGID) {
 		inode->i_gid = dir->i_gid;
+
+		/* Directories are special, and always inherit S_ISGID */
 		if (S_ISDIR(mode))
 			mode |= S_ISGID;
+		else if ((mode & (S_ISGID | S_IXGRP)) == (S_ISGID | S_IXGRP) &&
+			 !in_group_p(inode->i_gid) &&
+			 !capable_wrt_inode_uidgid(dir, CAP_FSETID))
+			mode &= ~S_ISGID;
 	} else
 		inode->i_gid = current_fsgid();
 	inode->i_mode = mode;