diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 51e6ebe72caf..f84584b762d0 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -10431,7 +10431,7 @@ static int io_uring_create(unsigned entries, struct io_uring_params *p,
 	if (!ctx)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	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());
 
 	/*