diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
index 7967b429dfcf..1b324906ce17 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
@@ -4259,6 +4259,9 @@ static int vxlan_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
 	struct vxlan_rdst *dst;
 	int err;
 
+	if (!rtnl_dev_link_net_capable(dev, vxlan->net))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	dst = &vxlan->default_dst;
 	err = vxlan_nl2conf(tb, data, dev, &conf, true, extack);
 	if (err)