diff --git a/kernel/user_namespace.c b/kernel/user_namespace.c
index 5c16f3a..e134d8f 100644
--- a/kernel/user_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/user_namespace.c
@@ -613,10 +613,10 @@
 	if (map->nr_extents != 0)
 		goto out;
 
-	/* Require the appropriate privilege CAP_SETUID or CAP_SETGID
-	 * over the user namespace in order to set the id mapping.
+	/*
+	 * Adjusting namespace settings requires capabilities on the target.
 	 */
-	if (cap_valid(cap_setid) && !ns_capable(ns, cap_setid))
+	if (cap_valid(cap_setid) && !file_ns_capable(file, ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		goto out;
 
 	/* Get a buffer */