diff --git a/drivers/android/binder.c b/drivers/android/binder.c
index 764b63a5aade..e578eee31589 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binder.c
@@ -2839,6 +2839,14 @@ static void binder_transaction(struct binder_proc *proc,
 			else
 				return_error = BR_DEAD_REPLY;
 			mutex_unlock(&context->context_mgr_node_lock);
+			if (target_node && target_proc == proc) {
+				binder_user_error("%d:%d got transaction to context manager from process owning it\n",
+						  proc->pid, thread->pid);
+				return_error = BR_FAILED_REPLY;
+				return_error_param = -EINVAL;
+				return_error_line = __LINE__;
+				goto err_invalid_target_handle;
+			}
 		}
 		if (!target_node) {
 			/*