diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index 1ce701fcb3f3..f4c33abd9959 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -919,6 +919,8 @@ int cap_bprm_set_creds(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 int cap_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 		       const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
 {
+	struct user_namespace *user_ns = dentry->d_sb->s_user_ns;
+
 	/* Ignore non-security xattrs */
 	if (strncmp(name, XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
 			sizeof(XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX) - 1) != 0)
@@ -931,7 +933,7 @@ int cap_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 	if (strcmp(name, XATTR_NAME_CAPS) == 0)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+	if (!ns_capable(user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -949,6 +951,8 @@ int cap_inode_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
  */
 int cap_inode_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 {
+	struct user_namespace *user_ns = dentry->d_sb->s_user_ns;
+
 	/* Ignore non-security xattrs */
 	if (strncmp(name, XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
 			sizeof(XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX) - 1) != 0)
@@ -964,7 +968,7 @@ int cap_inode_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+	if (!ns_capable(user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 	return 0;
 }