diff --git a/include/net/xfrm.h b/include/net/xfrm.h
index 2308210793a01..2589e4c0501bd 100644
--- a/include/net/xfrm.h
+++ b/include/net/xfrm.h
@@ -200,6 +200,11 @@ struct xfrm_state {
 	struct xfrm_algo_aead	*aead;
 	const char		*geniv;
 
+	/* mapping change rate limiting */
+	__be16 new_mapping_sport;
+	u32 new_mapping;	/* seconds */
+	u32 mapping_maxage;	/* seconds for input SA */
+
 	/* Data for encapsulator */
 	struct xfrm_encap_tmpl	*encap;
 	struct sock __rcu	*encap_sk;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/xfrm.h b/include/uapi/linux/xfrm.h
index eda0426ec4c2b..4e29d78518902 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/xfrm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/xfrm.h
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ enum xfrm_attr_type_t {
 	XFRMA_SET_MARK,		/* __u32 */
 	XFRMA_SET_MARK_MASK,	/* __u32 */
 	XFRMA_IF_ID,		/* __u32 */
+	XFRMA_MTIMER_THRESH,	/* __u32 in seconds for input SA */
 	__XFRMA_MAX
 
 #define XFRMA_OUTPUT_MARK XFRMA_SET_MARK	/* Compatibility */
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_compat.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_compat.c
index 2bf2693901631..a0f62fa02e06e 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_compat.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_compat.c
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy compat_policy[XFRMA_MAX+1] = {
 	[XFRMA_SET_MARK]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[XFRMA_SET_MARK_MASK]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[XFRMA_IF_ID]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
+	[XFRMA_MTIMER_THRESH]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 };
 
 static struct nlmsghdr *xfrm_nlmsg_put_compat(struct sk_buff *skb,
@@ -274,9 +275,10 @@ static int xfrm_xlate64_attr(struct sk_buff *dst, const struct nlattr *src)
 	case XFRMA_SET_MARK:
 	case XFRMA_SET_MARK_MASK:
 	case XFRMA_IF_ID:
+	case XFRMA_MTIMER_THRESH:
 		return xfrm_nla_cpy(dst, src, nla_len(src));
 	default:
-		BUILD_BUG_ON(XFRMA_MAX != XFRMA_IF_ID);
+		BUILD_BUG_ON(XFRMA_MAX != XFRMA_MTIMER_THRESH);
 		pr_warn_once("unsupported nla_type %d\n", src->nla_type);
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
@@ -431,7 +433,7 @@ static int xfrm_xlate32_attr(void *dst, const struct nlattr *nla,
 	int err;
 
 	if (type > XFRMA_MAX) {
-		BUILD_BUG_ON(XFRMA_MAX != XFRMA_IF_ID);
+		BUILD_BUG_ON(XFRMA_MAX != XFRMA_MTIMER_THRESH);
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Bad attribute");
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
index a2f4001221d16..78d51399a0f4b 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
@@ -1593,6 +1593,9 @@ static struct xfrm_state *xfrm_state_clone(struct xfrm_state *orig,
 	x->km.seq = orig->km.seq;
 	x->replay = orig->replay;
 	x->preplay = orig->preplay;
+	x->mapping_maxage = orig->mapping_maxage;
+	x->new_mapping = 0;
+	x->new_mapping_sport = 0;
 
 	return x;
 
@@ -2242,7 +2245,7 @@ int km_query(struct xfrm_state *x, struct xfrm_tmpl *t, struct xfrm_policy *pol)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(km_query);
 
-int km_new_mapping(struct xfrm_state *x, xfrm_address_t *ipaddr, __be16 sport)
+static int __km_new_mapping(struct xfrm_state *x, xfrm_address_t *ipaddr, __be16 sport)
 {
 	int err = -EINVAL;
 	struct xfrm_mgr *km;
@@ -2257,6 +2260,24 @@ int km_new_mapping(struct xfrm_state *x, xfrm_address_t *ipaddr, __be16 sport)
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return err;
 }
+
+int km_new_mapping(struct xfrm_state *x, xfrm_address_t *ipaddr, __be16 sport)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (x->mapping_maxage) {
+		if ((jiffies / HZ - x->new_mapping) > x->mapping_maxage ||
+		    x->new_mapping_sport != sport) {
+			x->new_mapping_sport = sport;
+			x->new_mapping = jiffies / HZ;
+			ret = __km_new_mapping(x, ipaddr, sport);
+		}
+	} else {
+		ret = __km_new_mapping(x, ipaddr, sport);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(km_new_mapping);
 
 void km_policy_expired(struct xfrm_policy *pol, int dir, int hard, u32 portid)
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
index b571892fe10f5..c60441be883a8 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
@@ -282,6 +282,10 @@ static int verify_newsa_info(struct xfrm_usersa_info *p,
 
 	err = 0;
 
+	if (attrs[XFRMA_MTIMER_THRESH])
+		if (!attrs[XFRMA_ENCAP])
+			err = -EINVAL;
+
 out:
 	return err;
 }
@@ -521,6 +525,7 @@ static void xfrm_update_ae_params(struct xfrm_state *x, struct nlattr **attrs,
 	struct nlattr *lt = attrs[XFRMA_LTIME_VAL];
 	struct nlattr *et = attrs[XFRMA_ETIMER_THRESH];
 	struct nlattr *rt = attrs[XFRMA_REPLAY_THRESH];
+	struct nlattr *mt = attrs[XFRMA_MTIMER_THRESH];
 
 	if (re) {
 		struct xfrm_replay_state_esn *replay_esn;
@@ -552,6 +557,9 @@ static void xfrm_update_ae_params(struct xfrm_state *x, struct nlattr **attrs,
 
 	if (rt)
 		x->replay_maxdiff = nla_get_u32(rt);
+
+	if (mt)
+		x->mapping_maxage = nla_get_u32(mt);
 }
 
 static void xfrm_smark_init(struct nlattr **attrs, struct xfrm_mark *m)
@@ -1029,8 +1037,13 @@ static int copy_to_user_state_extra(struct xfrm_state *x,
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
 	}
-	if (x->security)
+	if (x->security) {
 		ret = copy_sec_ctx(x->security, skb);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+	}
+	if (x->mapping_maxage)
+		ret = nla_put_u32(skb, XFRMA_MTIMER_THRESH, x->mapping_maxage);
 out:
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -3084,6 +3097,9 @@ static inline unsigned int xfrm_sa_len(struct xfrm_state *x)
 	/* Must count x->lastused as it may become non-zero behind our back. */
 	l += nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(u64));
 
+	if (x->mapping_maxage)
+		l += nla_total_size(sizeof(x->mapping_maxage));
+
 	return l;
 }
 
