diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 73da51ac5a03..f898de3a6f70 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1986,6 +1986,7 @@ static void warn_mandlock(void)
 static int can_umount(const struct path *path, int flags)
 {
 	struct mount *mnt = real_mount(path->mnt);
+	struct super_block *sb = path->dentry->d_sb;
 
 	if (!may_mount())
 		return -EPERM;
@@ -1995,7 +1996,7 @@ static int can_umount(const struct path *path, int flags)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (mnt->mnt.mnt_flags & MNT_LOCKED) /* Check optimistically */
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (flags & MNT_FORCE && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+	if (flags & MNT_FORCE && !ns_capable(sb->s_user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 	return 0;
 }