diff --git a/fs/autofs4/root.c b/fs/autofs4/root.c
index 3cdf835e8b49708b45b51d1088752c35045e122c..230bd2aad4f4e740ef31d2ebf81855016993d673 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ static int autofs4_dir_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	
 	/* This allows root to remove symlinks */
 	if (!autofs4_oz_mode(sbi) && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-		return -EACCES;
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&ino->count)) {
 		p_ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry->d_parent);
diff --git a/fs/dlm/config.c b/fs/dlm/config.c
index a0387dd8b1f0f3abf10ab7e257f9af34d7886900..7d58d5b112b559ccc9a9145a003f15e076d8a27b 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/config.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/config.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static ssize_t cluster_set(struct dlm_cluster *cl, unsigned int *cl_field,
 	unsigned int x;
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-		return -EACCES;
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	x = simple_strtoul(buf, NULL, 0);
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/sys.c b/fs/gfs2/sys.c
index 8056b7b7238e9ee7770b21fd7cd5e77835c3062c..0acbe2ff1e5d2342b08d3bf4442aa8d51f11198b 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/sys.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/sys.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static ssize_t freeze_store(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, const char *buf, size_t len)
 	int n = simple_strtol(buf, NULL, 0);
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-		return -EACCES;
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	switch (n) {
 	case 0:
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static ssize_t withdraw_show(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, char *buf)
 static ssize_t withdraw_store(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, const char *buf, size_t len)
 {
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-		return -EACCES;
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	if (simple_strtol(buf, NULL, 0) != 1)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ static ssize_t statfs_sync_store(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, const char *buf,
 				 size_t len)
 {
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-		return -EACCES;
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	if (simple_strtol(buf, NULL, 0) != 1)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static ssize_t quota_sync_store(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, const char *buf,
 				size_t len)
 {
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-		return -EACCES;
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	if (simple_strtol(buf, NULL, 0) != 1)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static ssize_t quota_refresh_user_store(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, const char *buf,
 	u32 id;
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-		return -EACCES;
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	id = simple_strtoul(buf, NULL, 0);
 
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ static ssize_t quota_refresh_group_store(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, const char *buf,
 	u32 id;
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-		return -EACCES;
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	id = simple_strtoul(buf, NULL, 0);
 
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ static ssize_t demote_rq_store(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, const char *buf, size_t len
 	int rv;
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-		return -EACCES;
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	rv = sscanf(buf, "%u:%llu %15s", &gltype, &glnum,
 		    mode);
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ static ssize_t quota_scale_store(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, const char *buf,
 	unsigned int x, y;
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-		return -EACCES;
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	if (sscanf(buf, "%u %u", &x, &y) != 2 || !y)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ static ssize_t tune_set(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, unsigned int *field,
 	unsigned int x;
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-		return -EACCES;
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	x = simple_strtoul(buf, NULL, 0);
 
diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c b/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c
index 5c1e9262219c351e25b24bdf9d295e51a9290893..811d411418deb37378aaeec0aed1a6eb552a9248 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/ioctl.c
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ long ncp_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	case NCP_IOC_CONN_LOGGED_IN:
 	case NCP_IOC_SETROOT:
 		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
-			ret = -EACCES;
+			ret = -EPERM;
 			goto out;
 		}
 		break;
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 9d962555972791c41d6e8d154ff53c425b300a9d..f3b133d799145de9de20cbaa3bb67af4a47cccb2 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -1711,7 +1711,7 @@ static int map_files_d_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 		return -ECHILD;
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
-		status = -EACCES;
+		status = -EPERM;
 		goto out_notask;
 	}
 
@@ -1844,7 +1844,7 @@ static struct dentry *proc_map_files_lookup(struct inode *dir,
 	struct dentry *result;
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
 
-	result = ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
+	result = ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		goto out;
 
@@ -1900,7 +1900,7 @@ proc_map_files_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 	ino_t ino;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = -EACCES;
+	ret = -EPERM;
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		goto out;
 
diff --git a/fs/udf/file.c b/fs/udf/file.c
index 4257a1f5302aa7f199cdc714b0eb01ac5c9dfa6f..29569dd0816814f23a34d713a3f3178c4e822929 100644
--- a/fs/udf/file.c
+++ b/fs/udf/file.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ long udf_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		goto out;
 	case UDF_RELOCATE_BLOCKS:
 		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
-			result = -EACCES;
+			result = -EPERM;
 			goto out;
 		}
 		if (get_user(old_block, (long __user *)arg)) {