diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index f8feec522b32b594617acf85c297524b7e6102ed..50c2ce392cd17a95af9cc8e8355c212a81b5151f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -3456,7 +3456,7 @@ static int tun_chr_open(struct inode *inode, struct file * file)
 	tfile->socket.file = file;
 	tfile->socket.ops = &tun_socket_ops;
 
-	sock_init_data_uid(&tfile->socket, &tfile->sk, inode->i_uid);
+	sock_init_data_uid(&tfile->socket, &tfile->sk, current_fsuid());
 
 	tfile->sk.sk_write_space = tun_sock_write_space;
 	tfile->sk.sk_sndbuf = INT_MAX;