diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 0cab6494978c12..914178cdbe94b4 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -3701,8 +3701,7 @@ int vfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, dev_t dev)
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	if ((S_ISCHR(mode) || S_ISBLK(mode)) &&
-	    !ns_capable(dentry->d_sb->s_user_ns, CAP_MKNOD))
+	if ((S_ISCHR(mode) || S_ISBLK(mode)) && !capable(CAP_MKNOD))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	if (!dir->i_op->mknod)