diff --git a/fs/fs_context.c b/fs/fs_context.c
index d75ba0eb8c5bcfc4c2974f332c0183eb9d15581a..bc5a5f5f1853a32c3c4dbbbd66ec07c892a5c474 100644
--- a/fs/fs_context.c
+++ b/fs/fs_context.c
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ static int legacy_get_tree(struct fs_context *fc)
 	struct dentry *root;
 
 	if (!(fc->sb_flags & (SB_KERNMOUNT|SB_SUBMOUNT))) {
-		if (!mount_capable(fc->fs_type, fc->user_ns))
+		if (!mount_capable(fc))
 			return -EPERM;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index 65db901420afbe04ee3b04f472e9b29308e95ab2..b089a489da1f122bf14d2335c93f2e8d1be8fb54 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ extern struct file *alloc_empty_file_noaccount(int, const struct cred *);
 extern int reconfigure_super(struct fs_context *);
 extern bool trylock_super(struct super_block *sb);
 extern struct super_block *user_get_super(dev_t);
-extern bool mount_capable(struct file_system_type *, struct user_namespace *);
+extern bool mount_capable(struct fs_context *);
 
 /*
  * open.c
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index bdb03255c7ea988e2f1b53996812bf5869f8bd2f..d1e2f46bad7e9faeffd69483ee39fdbd81f47ab6 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -476,12 +476,15 @@ void generic_shutdown_super(struct super_block *sb)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_shutdown_super);
 
-bool mount_capable(struct file_system_type *type, struct user_namespace *userns)
+bool mount_capable(struct fs_context *fc)
 {
-	if (!(type->fs_flags & FS_USERNS_MOUNT))
+	struct user_namespace *user_ns = fc->global ? &init_user_ns
+						    : fc->user_ns;
+
+	if (!(fc->fs_type->fs_flags & FS_USERNS_MOUNT))
 		return capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
 	else
-		return ns_capable(userns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
+		return ns_capable(user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -513,7 +516,7 @@ struct super_block *sget_fc(struct fs_context *fc,
 
 	if (!(fc->sb_flags & SB_KERNMOUNT) &&
 	    fc->purpose != FS_CONTEXT_FOR_SUBMOUNT) {
-		if (!mount_capable(fc->fs_type, user_ns))
+		if (!mount_capable(fc))
 			return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
 	}