diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index b966b7230f4752b7ce759b64850b96ca9c641cbd..5ed8e58d7bfc316f44c056e6208c3787dbc5f445 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(fanotify_init, unsigned int, flags, unsigned int, event_f_flags)
 		__func__, flags, event_f_flags);
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-		return -EACCES;
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	if (flags & ~FAN_ALL_INIT_FLAGS)
 		return -EINVAL;