diff --git a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
index 7cdac77d0c68..07e41c42bcf5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
@@ -499,6 +499,8 @@ static int ipvlan_nl_changelink(struct net_device *dev,
 
 	if (!data)
 		return 0;
+	if (!ns_capable(dev_net(ipvlan->phy_dev)->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	if (data[IFLA_IPVLAN_MODE]) {
 		u16 nmode = nla_get_u16(data[IFLA_IPVLAN_MODE]);
@@ -601,6 +603,8 @@ int ipvlan_link_new(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 		struct ipvl_dev *tmp = netdev_priv(phy_dev);
 
 		phy_dev = tmp->phy_dev;
+		if (!ns_capable(dev_net(phy_dev)->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+			return -EPERM;
 	} else if (!netif_is_ipvlan_port(phy_dev)) {
 		/* Exit early if the underlying link is invalid or busy */
 		if (phy_dev->type != ARPHRD_ETHER ||