diff --git a/include/linux/sched/ext.h b/include/linux/sched/ext.h
index 1588e4496afa..772d84033155 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/ext.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/ext.h
@@ -410,6 +410,18 @@ struct sched_ext_entity {
 	 */
 	u64			slice;
 
+	/*
+	 * If set, reject future sched_setscheduler(2) calls updating the policy
+	 * to %SCHED_EXT with -%EACCES.
+	 *
+	 * If set from ops.prep_enable() and the task's policy is already
+	 * %SCHED_EXT, which can happen while the BPF scheduler is being loaded
+	 * or by inhering the parent's policy during fork, the task's policy is
+	 * rejected and forcefully reverted to %SCHED_NORMAL. The number of such
+	 * events are reported through /sys/kernel/debug/sched_ext::nr_rejected.
+	 */
+	bool			disallow;	/* reject switching into SCX */
+
 	/* cold fields */
 	struct list_head	tasks_node;
 };
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 9d97c0e6442a..c8528cbfeb57 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -7725,6 +7725,10 @@ static int __sched_setscheduler(struct task_struct *p,
 		goto unlock;
 	}
 
+	retval = scx_check_setscheduler(p, policy);
+	if (retval)
+		goto unlock;
+
 	/*
 	 * If not changing anything there's no need to proceed further,
 	 * but store a possible modification of reset_on_fork.
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.c b/kernel/sched/ext.c
index eca1790375b8..d5ef8809e05f 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.c
@@ -1715,6 +1715,8 @@ static int scx_ops_prepare_task(struct task_struct *p, struct task_group *tg)
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(p->scx.flags & SCX_TASK_OPS_PREPPED);
 
+	p->scx.disallow = false;
+
 	if (SCX_HAS_OP(prep_enable)) {
 		struct scx_enable_args args = { };
 
@@ -1725,6 +1727,27 @@ static int scx_ops_prepare_task(struct task_struct *p, struct task_group *tg)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (p->scx.disallow) {
+		struct rq *rq;
+		struct rq_flags rf;
+
+		rq = task_rq_lock(p, &rf);
+
+		/*
+		 * We're either in fork or load path and @p->policy will be
+		 * applied right after. Reverting @p->policy here and rejecting
+		 * %SCHED_EXT transitions from scx_check_setscheduler()
+		 * guarantees that if ops.prep_enable() sets @p->disallow, @p
+		 * can never be in SCX.
+		 */
+		if (p->policy == SCHED_EXT) {
+			p->policy = SCHED_NORMAL;
+			atomic64_inc(&scx_nr_rejected);
+		}
+
+		task_rq_unlock(rq, p, &rf);
+	}
+
 	p->scx.flags |= (SCX_TASK_OPS_PREPPED | SCX_TASK_WATCHDOG_RESET);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1886,6 +1909,18 @@ static void switching_to_scx(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
 static void check_preempt_curr_scx(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p,int wake_flags) {}
 static void switched_to_scx(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p) {}
 
+int scx_check_setscheduler(struct task_struct *p, int policy)
+{
+	lockdep_assert_rq_held(task_rq(p));
+
+	/* if disallow, reject transitioning into SCX */
+	if (scx_enabled() && READ_ONCE(p->scx.disallow) &&
+	    p->policy != policy && policy == SCHED_EXT)
+		return -EACCES;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Omitted operations:
  *
@@ -2568,6 +2603,9 @@ static int bpf_scx_btf_struct_access(struct bpf_verifier_log *log,
 		if (off >= offsetof(struct task_struct, scx.slice) &&
 		    off + size <= offsetofend(struct task_struct, scx.slice))
 			return SCALAR_VALUE;
+		if (off >= offsetof(struct task_struct, scx.disallow) &&
+		    off + size <= offsetofend(struct task_struct, scx.disallow))
+			return SCALAR_VALUE;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/kernel/sched/ext.h b/kernel/sched/ext.h
index e6e7869c6f8d..444a917d27b1 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/ext.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/ext.h
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ void scx_pre_fork(struct task_struct *p);
 int scx_fork(struct task_struct *p);
 void scx_post_fork(struct task_struct *p);
 void scx_cancel_fork(struct task_struct *p);
+int scx_check_setscheduler(struct task_struct *p, int policy);
 void init_sched_ext_class(void);
 
 __printf(2, 3) void scx_ops_error_type(enum scx_exit_type type,
@@ -142,6 +143,8 @@ static inline void scx_pre_fork(struct task_struct *p) {}
 static inline int scx_fork(struct task_struct *p) { return 0; }
 static inline void scx_post_fork(struct task_struct *p) {}
 static inline void scx_cancel_fork(struct task_struct *p) {}
+static inline int scx_check_setscheduler(struct task_struct *p,
+					 int policy) { return 0; }
 static inline void init_sched_ext_class(void) {}
 static inline void scx_notify_sched_tick(void) {}
 
diff --git a/tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.bpf.c b/tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.bpf.c
index a1bdb5774a63..d0bc67095062 100644
--- a/tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.bpf.c
+++ b/tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.bpf.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
 const volatile u64 slice_ns = SCX_SLICE_DFL;
 const volatile u32 stall_user_nth;
 const volatile u32 stall_kernel_nth;
+const volatile s32 disallow_tgid;
 
 u32 test_error_cnt;
 
@@ -224,6 +225,9 @@ void BPF_STRUCT_OPS(qmap_dispatch, s32 cpu, struct task_struct *prev)
 s32 BPF_STRUCT_OPS(qmap_prep_enable, struct task_struct *p,
 		   struct scx_enable_args *args)
 {
+	if (p->tgid == disallow_tgid)
+		p->scx.disallow = true;
+
 	/*
 	 * @p is new. Let's ensure that its task_ctx is available. We can sleep
 	 * in this function and the following will automatically use GFP_KERNEL.
diff --git a/tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.c b/tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.c
index 93add1156def..5f50f889ea18 100644
--- a/tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.c
+++ b/tools/sched_ext/scx_qmap.c
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@ const char help_fmt[] =
 "\n"
 "See the top-level comment in .bpf.c for more details.\n"
 "\n"
-"Usage: %s [-s SLICE_US] [-e COUNT] [-t COUNT] [-T COUNT]\n"
+"Usage: %s [-s SLICE_US] [-e COUNT] [-t COUNT] [-T COUNT] [-d PID]\n"
 "\n"
 "  -s SLICE_US   Override slice duration\n"
 "  -e COUNT      Trigger scx_bpf_error() after COUNT enqueues\n"
 "  -t COUNT      Stall every COUNT'th user thread\n"
 "  -T COUNT      Stall every COUNT'th kernel thread\n"
+"  -d PID        Disallow a process from switching into SCHED_EXT (-1 for self)\n"
 "  -h            Display this help and exit\n";
 
 static volatile int exit_req;
@@ -63,6 +64,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		case 'T':
 			skel->rodata->stall_kernel_nth = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 0);
 			break;
+		case 'd':
+			skel->rodata->disallow_tgid = strtol(optarg, NULL, 0);
+			if (skel->rodata->disallow_tgid < 0)
+				skel->rodata->disallow_tgid = getpid();
+			break;
 		default:
 			fprintf(stderr, help_fmt, basename(argv[0]));
 			return opt != 'h';
