diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index d38124bd1b94..94b648d9eaff 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -2424,11 +2424,15 @@ static int devinet_sysctl_forward(struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
 	int *valp = ctl->data;
 	int val = *valp;
 	loff_t pos = *ppos;
-	int ret = proc_dointvec(ctl, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+	struct net *net = ctl->extra2;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (write && !ns_capable(net->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	ret = proc_dointvec(ctl, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 
 	if (write && *valp != val) {
-		struct net *net = ctl->extra2;
-
 		if (valp != &IPV4_DEVCONF_DFLT(net, FORWARDING)) {
 			if (!rtnl_trylock()) {
 				/* Restore the original values before restarting */