diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index 16f6db88c8e5..804b3469669f 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -234,7 +234,8 @@ static bool ovl_can_list(const char *s)
 		return true;
 
 	/* Never list trusted.overlay, list other trusted for superuser only */
-	return !ovl_is_private_xattr(s) && capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
+	return !ovl_is_private_xattr(s) &&
+	       ns_capable_noaudit(&init_user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
 }
 
 ssize_t ovl_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *list, size_t size)