diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index a93b3b73307991c69738bc0dab712e56330ba932..0f620c564fa876ce114739e5051b2ddb429c41d3 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -332,7 +332,8 @@ int cap_inode_killpriv(struct dentry *dentry)
  */
 static inline int bprm_caps_from_vfs_caps(struct cpu_vfs_cap_data *caps,
 					  struct linux_binprm *bprm,
-					  bool *effective)
+					  bool *effective,
+					  bool *has_cap)
 {
 	struct cred *new = bprm->cred;
 	unsigned i;
@@ -341,6 +342,9 @@ static inline int bprm_caps_from_vfs_caps(struct cpu_vfs_cap_data *caps,
 	if (caps->magic_etc & VFS_CAP_FLAGS_EFFECTIVE)
 		*effective = true;
 
+	if (caps->magic_etc & VFS_CAP_REVISION_MASK)
+		*has_cap = true;
+
 	CAP_FOR_EACH_U32(i) {
 		__u32 permitted = caps->permitted.cap[i];
 		__u32 inheritable = caps->inheritable.cap[i];
@@ -424,7 +428,7 @@ int get_vfs_caps_from_disk(const struct dentry *dentry, struct cpu_vfs_cap_data
  * its xattrs and, if present, apply them to the proposed credentials being
  * constructed by execve().
  */
-static int get_file_caps(struct linux_binprm *bprm, bool *effective)
+static int get_file_caps(struct linux_binprm *bprm, bool *effective, bool *has_cap)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	int rc = 0;
@@ -450,7 +454,7 @@ static int get_file_caps(struct linux_binprm *bprm, bool *effective)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	rc = bprm_caps_from_vfs_caps(&vcaps, bprm, effective);
+	rc = bprm_caps_from_vfs_caps(&vcaps, bprm, effective, has_cap);
 	if (rc == -EINVAL)
 		printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s: cap_from_disk returned %d for %s\n",
 		       __func__, rc, bprm->filename);
@@ -475,11 +479,11 @@ int cap_bprm_set_creds(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 {
 	const struct cred *old = current_cred();
 	struct cred *new = bprm->cred;
-	bool effective;
+	bool effective, has_cap;
 	int ret;
 
 	effective = false;
-	ret = get_file_caps(bprm, &effective);
+	ret = get_file_caps(bprm, &effective, &has_cap);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -489,7 +493,7 @@ int cap_bprm_set_creds(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 		 * for a setuid root binary run by a non-root user.  Do set it
 		 * for a root user just to cause least surprise to an admin.
 		 */
-		if (effective && new->uid != 0 && new->euid == 0) {
+		if (has_cap && new->uid != 0 && new->euid == 0) {
 			warn_setuid_and_fcaps_mixed(bprm->filename);
 			goto skip;
 		}