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diff --git a/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c
index a885f46ca00..e6194e2b9bb 100644
--- a/fs/char_dev.c
+++ b/fs/char_dev.c
@@ -108,6 +108,13 @@ __register_chrdev_region(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor,
/* temporary */
if (major == 0) {
for (i = ARRAY_SIZE(chrdevs)-1; i > 0; i--) {
+ /*
+ * Disallow the LANANA-assigned LOCAL/EXPERIMENTAL
+ * majors
+ */
+ if ((60 <= i && i <= 63) || (120 <= i && i <= 127) ||
+ (240 <= i && i <= 254))
+ continue;
if (chrdevs[i] == NULL)
break;
}