diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index bd7b8cf8bc67..f091153bc854 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -3477,7 +3477,7 @@ static __cold int io_uring_create(unsigned entries, struct io_uring_params *p,
 		ctx->syscall_iopoll = 1;
 
 	ctx->compat = in_compat_syscall();
-	if (!capable(CAP_IPC_LOCK))
+	if (!ns_capable_noaudit(&init_user_ns, CAP_IPC_LOCK))
 		ctx->user = get_uid(current_user());
 
 	/*