diff --git a/fs/nsfs.c b/fs/nsfs.c
index be36c10c38cf..c215878d55e8 100644
--- a/fs/nsfs.c
+++ b/fs/nsfs.c
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ static struct dentry *nsfs_fh_to_dentry(struct super_block *sb, struct fid *fh,
 		return ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP);
 	}
 
-	if (owning_ns && !ns_capable(owning_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
+	if (owning_ns && !may_see_all_namespaces()) {
 		ns->ops->put(ns);
 		return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
 	}