diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 74d88dab98dd..7f4e0a89aaa8 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -761,6 +761,11 @@ int setup_arg_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 		goto out_unlock;
 	BUG_ON(prev != vma);
 
+	if (unlikely(vm_flags & VM_EXEC)) {
+		pr_warn_once("process '%pD4' started with executable stack\n",
+			     bprm->file);
+	}
+
 	/* Move stack pages down in memory. */
 	if (stack_shift) {
 		ret = shift_arg_pages(vma, stack_shift);