diff --git a/simplyblock_core/controllers/lvol_controller.py b/simplyblock_core/controllers/lvol_controller.py
index 87fd2ad99..c8917abbb 100755
--- a/simplyblock_core/controllers/lvol_controller.py
+++ b/simplyblock_core/controllers/lvol_controller.py
@@ -685,7 +685,16 @@ def add_lvol_ha(name, size, host_id_or_name, ha_type, pool_id_or_name, use_comp=
                 logger.exception(msg)
                 return False, msg
 
-    lvol.write_to_db(db_controller.kv_store)
+    if lvol.namespace:
+        # Namespaced lvol: verify the subsystem slot count atomically before
+        # writing.  FDB's OCC retries the losing transaction when two parallel
+        # creates race for the last free slot, so max_namespace_per_subsys is
+        # never exceeded.
+        if not db_controller.write_lvol_with_ns_check(lvol):
+            logger.error("Subsystem %s reached capacity during concurrent create", lvol.nqn)
+            return False, "Subsystem namespace limit reached concurrently; retry"
+    else:
+        lvol.write_to_db(db_controller.kv_store)
 
     if ha_type == "single":
         if host_node.status == StorageNode.STATUS_ONLINE:
diff --git a/simplyblock_core/controllers/snapshot_controller.py b/simplyblock_core/controllers/snapshot_controller.py
index e727e1838..01f5bd8b0 100755
--- a/simplyblock_core/controllers/snapshot_controller.py
+++ b/simplyblock_core/controllers/snapshot_controller.py
@@ -749,7 +749,16 @@ def clone(snapshot_id, clone_name, new_size=0, pvc_name=None, pvc_namespace=None
                 logger.exception(msg)
                 return False, msg
 
-    lvol.write_to_db(db_controller.kv_store)
+    if lvol.namespace:
+        # Namespaced clone: verify the subsystem slot count atomically before
+        # writing.  FDB's OCC retries the losing transaction when two parallel
+        # clones race for the last free slot, so max_namespace_per_subsys is
+        # never exceeded.
+        if not db_controller.write_lvol_with_ns_check(lvol):
+            logger.error("Subsystem %s reached capacity during concurrent clone", lvol.nqn)
+            return False, "Subsystem namespace limit reached concurrently; retry the clone"
+    else:
+        lvol.write_to_db(db_controller.kv_store)
 
     if lvol.ha_type == "single":
         lvol_bdev, error = lvol_controller.add_lvol_on_node(lvol, snode)
diff --git a/simplyblock_core/db_controller.py b/simplyblock_core/db_controller.py
index e3e27fc00..309bb65c9 100644
--- a/simplyblock_core/db_controller.py
+++ b/simplyblock_core/db_controller.py
@@ -427,6 +427,41 @@ def release_backup_chain_locks(self, snapshot_ids):
         transactional = fdb.transactional(DBController._release_backup_chain_locks_tx)
         transactional(self, self.kv_store, ordered_snapshot_ids)
 
+    # ---- Subsystem Namespace Slot Guard (Single FDB Transaction) ----
+
+    def _write_lvol_with_ns_check_tx(self, tr, node_id, nqn, max_ns, lvol_key, lvol_data):
+        """Count active namespaces for *nqn* on *node_id* inside a single FDB
+        transaction and write the new lvol record only if the subsystem still
+        has room.  Because the range-read and the write share one transaction,
+        FDB's OCC serialises concurrent writers to the same subsystem
+        automatically — no explicit lock needed.
+        Returns False (without writing) when the subsystem is already full.
+        """
+        live = 0
+        for _, v in tr.get_range_startswith(b"object/LVol/"):
+            d = json.loads(v)
+            if (d.get("node_id") == node_id
+                    and d.get("nqn") == nqn
+                    and d.get("status") not in (LVol.STATUS_IN_DELETION, LVol.STATUS_DELETED)):
+                live += 1
+        if live >= max_ns:
+            return False
+        tr[lvol_key] = lvol_data
+        return True
+
+    def write_lvol_with_ns_check(self, lvol):
+        """Write a namespaced lvol to FDB while atomically verifying the
+        per-subsystem namespace limit is not exceeded.  Use in place of
+        lvol.write_to_db() when lvol.namespace is set (namespaced placement).
+        """
+        fn = fdb.transactional(DBController._write_lvol_with_ns_check_tx)
+        return fn(
+            self, self.kv_store,
+            lvol.node_id, lvol.nqn, lvol.max_namespace_per_subsys,
+            lvol.get_db_id().encode(),
+            json.dumps(lvol.to_dict()).encode(),
+        )
+
     # ---- Pre-Restart Guard (Single FDB Transaction) ----
 
     def _try_set_node_restarting_tx(self, tr, cluster_id, node_id):