diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
index 032c7cd3cede..7b477fa19534 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
@@ -1125,6 +1125,27 @@ NMI switch that most IA32 servers have fires unknown NMI up, for
 example.  If a system hangs up, try pressing the NMI switch.
 
 
+unprivileged_bpf_disabled:
+==========================
+
+Writing 1 to this entry will disable unprivileged calls to ``bpf()``;
+once disabled, calling ``bpf()`` without ``CAP_SYS_ADMIN`` will return
+``-EPERM``. Once set to 1, this can't be cleared from the running kernel
+anymore.
+
+Writing 2 to this entry will also disable unprivileged calls to ``bpf()``,
+however, an admin can still change this setting later on, if needed, by
+writing 0 or 1 to this entry.
+
+If ``BPF_UNPRIV_DEFAULT_OFF`` is enabled in the kernel config, then this
+entry will default to 2 instead of 0.
+
+= =============================================================
+0 Unprivileged calls to ``bpf()`` are enabled
+1 Unprivileged calls to ``bpf()`` are disabled without recovery
+2 Unprivileged calls to ``bpf()`` are disabled
+= =============================================================
+
 watchdog:
 =========
 
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index f23e90d9935f..e6216dc2a1d1 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1609,6 +1609,16 @@ config BPF_JIT_ALWAYS_ON
 	  Enables BPF JIT and removes BPF interpreter to avoid
 	  speculative execution of BPF instructions by the interpreter
 
+config BPF_UNPRIV_DEFAULT_OFF
+	bool "Disable unprivileged BPF by default"
+	depends on BPF_SYSCALL
+	help
+	  Disables unprivileged BPF by default by setting the corresponding
+	  /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_bpf_disabled knob to 2. An admin can
+	  still reenable it by setting it to 0 later on, or permanently
+	  disable it by setting it to 1 (from which no other transition to
+	  0 is possible anymore).
+
 config USERFAULTFD
 	bool "Enable userfaultfd() system call"
 	depends on MMU
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
index bf03d04a9e2f..9ebdcdaa5f16 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(prog_idr_lock);
 static DEFINE_IDR(map_idr);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(map_idr_lock);
 
-int sysctl_unprivileged_bpf_disabled __read_mostly;
+int sysctl_unprivileged_bpf_disabled __read_mostly =
+	IS_BUILTIN(CONFIG_BPF_UNPRIV_DEFAULT_OFF) ? 2 : 0;
 
 static const struct bpf_map_ops * const bpf_map_types[] = {
 #define BPF_PROG_TYPE(_id, _ops)
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index eae6a078619f..8494d5a706bb 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -250,6 +250,28 @@ static int sysrq_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL
+static int bpf_unpriv_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+                             void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	int ret, unpriv_enable = *(int *)table->data;
+	bool locked_state = unpriv_enable == 1;
+	struct ctl_table tmp = *table;
+
+	if (write && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	tmp.data = &unpriv_enable;
+	ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(&tmp, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+	if (write && !ret) {
+		if (locked_state && unpriv_enable != 1)
+			return -EPERM;
+		*(int *)table->data = unpriv_enable;
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+#endif
+
 static struct ctl_table kern_table[];
 static struct ctl_table vm_table[];
 static struct ctl_table fs_table[];
@@ -1255,10 +1277,9 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.data		= &sysctl_unprivileged_bpf_disabled,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(sysctl_unprivileged_bpf_disabled),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		/* only handle a transition from default "0" to "1" */
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
-		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ONE,
-		.extra2		= SYSCTL_ONE,
+		.proc_handler	= bpf_unpriv_handler,
+		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
+		.extra2		= &two,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "bpf_stats_enabled",