diff --git a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
index 2222ed63d055..d629dddb0e89 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
@@ -482,7 +482,12 @@ static int ipvlan_nl_changelink(struct net_device *dev,
 	struct ipvl_port *port = ipvlan_port_get_rtnl(ipvlan->phy_dev);
 	int err = 0;
 
-	if (data && data[IFLA_IPVLAN_MODE]) {
+	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]);
 
 		err = ipvlan_set_port_mode(port, nmode);
@@ -551,6 +556,8 @@ 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)) {
 		err = ipvlan_port_create(phy_dev);
 		if (err < 0)