diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c
index d407fcc9904d..cc6f0f596ffe 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c
@@ -1734,6 +1734,9 @@ out_quotactl:
 	}
 	case OBD_IOC_CHANGELOG_SEND:
 	case OBD_IOC_CHANGELOG_CLEAR:
+		if (!capable(CFS_CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+			return -EPERM;
+
 		rc = copy_and_ioctl(cmd, sbi->ll_md_exp, (void *)arg,
 				    sizeof(struct ioc_changelog));
 		return rc;