diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 1179ef4f0768..0b477a1e1177 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -1043,7 +1043,8 @@ void tcp_get_default_congestion_control(char *name);
 void tcp_get_available_congestion_control(char *buf, size_t len);
 void tcp_get_allowed_congestion_control(char *buf, size_t len);
 int tcp_set_allowed_congestion_control(char *allowed);
-int tcp_set_congestion_control(struct sock *sk, const char *name, bool load, bool reinit);
+int tcp_set_congestion_control(struct sock *sk, const char *name, bool load,
+			       bool reinit, bool cap_net_admin);
 u32 tcp_slow_start(struct tcp_sock *tp, u32 acked);
 void tcp_cong_avoid_ai(struct tcp_sock *tp, u32 w, u32 acked);
 
diff --git a/net/core/filter.c b/net/core/filter.c
index 61396648381e..a3646230fbee 100644
--- a/net/core/filter.c
+++ b/net/core/filter.c
@@ -3122,7 +3122,8 @@ BPF_CALL_5(bpf_setsockopt, struct bpf_sock_ops_kern *, bpf_sock,
 			strncpy(name, optval, min_t(long, optlen,
 						    TCP_CA_NAME_MAX-1));
 			name[TCP_CA_NAME_MAX-1] = 0;
-			ret = tcp_set_congestion_control(sk, name, false, reinit);
+			ret = tcp_set_congestion_control(sk, name, false,
+							 reinit, true);
 		} else {
 			struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index d51571be9eac..2497735f4b03 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -2500,7 +2500,9 @@ static int do_tcp_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level,
 		name[val] = 0;
 
 		lock_sock(sk);
-		err = tcp_set_congestion_control(sk, name, true, true);
+		err = tcp_set_congestion_control(sk, name, true, true,
+						 ns_capable(sock_net(sk)->user_ns,
+							    CAP_NET_ADMIN));
 		release_sock(sk);
 		return err;
 	}
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
index 2f26124fd160..494e3c3a21a1 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
@@ -338,7 +338,8 @@ out:
  * tcp_reinit_congestion_control (if the current congestion control was
  * already initialized.
  */
-int tcp_set_congestion_control(struct sock *sk, const char *name, bool load, bool reinit)
+int tcp_set_congestion_control(struct sock *sk, const char *name, bool load,
+			       bool reinit, bool cap_net_admin)
 {
 	struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
 	const struct tcp_congestion_ops *ca;
@@ -372,8 +373,7 @@ int tcp_set_congestion_control(struct sock *sk, const char *name, bool load, boo
 		} else {
 			err = -EBUSY;
 		}
-	} else if (!((ca->flags & TCP_CONG_NON_RESTRICTED) ||
-		     ns_capable(sock_net(sk)->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN))) {
+	} else if (!((ca->flags & TCP_CONG_NON_RESTRICTED) || cap_net_admin)) {
 		err = -EPERM;
 	} else if (!try_module_get(ca->owner)) {
 		err = -EBUSY;