diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index 6e005da03aed..4852f8803156 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -112,13 +112,6 @@ static void __fuse_put_request(struct fuse_req *req)
 	refcount_dec(&req->count);
 }
 
-static void fuse_req_init_context(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req)
-{
-	req->in.h.uid = from_kuid_munged(&init_user_ns, current_fsuid());
-	req->in.h.gid = from_kgid_munged(&init_user_ns, current_fsgid());
-	req->in.h.pid = pid_nr_ns(task_pid(current), fc->pid_ns);
-}
-
 void fuse_set_initialized(struct fuse_conn *fc)
 {
 	/* Make sure stores before this are seen on another CPU */
@@ -163,11 +156,19 @@ static struct fuse_req *__fuse_get_req(struct fuse_conn *fc, unsigned npages,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	fuse_req_init_context(fc, req);
+	req->in.h.uid = from_kuid(&init_user_ns, current_fsuid());
+	req->in.h.gid = from_kgid(&init_user_ns, current_fsgid());
+	req->in.h.pid = pid_nr_ns(task_pid(current), fc->pid_ns);
+
 	__set_bit(FR_WAITING, &req->flags);
 	if (for_background)
 		__set_bit(FR_BACKGROUND, &req->flags);
 
+	if (unlikely(req->in.h.uid == ((uid_t)-1) ||
+		     req->in.h.gid == ((gid_t)-1))) {
+		fuse_put_request(fc, req);
+		return ERR_PTR(-EOVERFLOW);
+	}
 	return req;
 
  out:
@@ -256,7 +257,10 @@ struct fuse_req *fuse_get_req_nofail_nopages(struct fuse_conn *fc,
 	if (!req)
 		req = get_reserved_req(fc, file);
 
-	fuse_req_init_context(fc, req);
+	req->in.h.uid = from_kuid_munged(&init_user_ns, current_fsuid());
+	req->in.h.gid = from_kgid_munged(&init_user_ns, current_fsgid());
+	req->in.h.pid = pid_nr_ns(task_pid(current), fc->pid_ns);
+
 	__set_bit(FR_WAITING, &req->flags);
 	__clear_bit(FR_BACKGROUND, &req->flags);
 	return req;