diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index ef1a78f5d71c722a105699056e0aa528797c8dfe..72c7639e3c989cd6fb5425058625045326359aa8 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -480,7 +480,8 @@ static int set_user(struct cred *new)
 	 * failure to the execve() stage.
 	 */
 	if (is_ucounts_overlimit(new->ucounts, UCOUNT_RLIMIT_NPROC, rlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC)) &&
-			new_user != INIT_USER)
+			new_user != INIT_USER &&
+			!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE) && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		current->flags |= PF_NPROC_EXCEEDED;
 	else
 		current->flags &= ~PF_NPROC_EXCEEDED;