diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 8701bd9..840201c 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -410,6 +410,14 @@
 		 */
 		if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode))
 			return -EACCES;
+
+		/*
+		 * Updating mtime will likely cause i_uid and i_gid to be
+		 * written back improperly if their true value is unknown
+		 * to the vfs.
+		 */
+		if (HAS_UNMAPPED_ID(inode))
+			return -EACCES;
 	}
 
 	retval = do_inode_permission(inode, mask);
@@ -2759,10 +2767,11 @@
  *	c. have CAP_FOWNER capability
  *  6. If the victim is append-only or immutable we can't do antyhing with
  *     links pointing to it.
- *  7. If we were asked to remove a directory and victim isn't one - ENOTDIR.
- *  8. If we were asked to remove a non-directory and victim isn't one - EISDIR.
- *  9. We can't remove a root or mountpoint.
- * 10. We don't allow removal of NFS sillyrenamed files; it's handled by
+ *  7. If the victim has an unknown uid or gid we can't change the inode.
+ *  8. If we were asked to remove a directory and victim isn't one - ENOTDIR.
+ *  9. If we were asked to remove a non-directory and victim isn't one - EISDIR.
+ * 10. We can't remove a root or mountpoint.
+ * 11. We don't allow removal of NFS sillyrenamed files; it's handled by
  *     nfs_async_unlink().
  */
 static int may_delete(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *victim, bool isdir)
@@ -2784,7 +2793,7 @@
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	if (check_sticky(dir, inode) || IS_APPEND(inode) ||
-	    IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) || IS_SWAPFILE(inode))
+	    IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) || IS_SWAPFILE(inode) || HAS_UNMAPPED_ID(inode))
 		return -EPERM;
 	if (isdir) {
 		if (!d_is_dir(victim))
@@ -4190,6 +4199,13 @@
 	 */
 	if (IS_APPEND(inode) || IS_IMMUTABLE(inode))
 		return -EPERM;
+	/*
+	 * Updating the link count will likely cause i_uid and i_gid to
+	 * be writen back improperly if their true value is unknown to
+	 * the vfs.
+	 */
+	if (HAS_UNMAPPED_ID(inode))
+		return -EPERM;
 	if (!dir->i_op->link)
 		return -EPERM;
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))