diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 4385f3d639f2..b4f7775623c8 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -2631,7 +2631,7 @@ noinline static int copy_clone_args_from_user(struct kernel_clone_args *kargs,
 		     !valid_signal(args.exit_signal)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if ((args.flags & CLONE_INTO_CGROUP) && args.cgroup < 0)
+	if ((args.flags & CLONE_INTO_CGROUP) && args.cgroup > INT_MAX)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	*kargs = (struct kernel_clone_args){