diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
index 7bcf12adced7..a4457ab61342 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ pci_read_config(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 	u8 *data = (u8*) buf;
 
 	/* Several chips lock up trying to read undefined config space */
-	if (security_capable(&init_user_ns, filp->f_cred, CAP_SYS_ADMIN) == 0) {
+	if (security_capable(filp->f_cred, &init_user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN) == 0) {
 		size = dev->cfg_size;
 	} else if (dev->hdr_type == PCI_HEADER_TYPE_CARDBUS) {
 		size = 128;
diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 4921163b2752..ee969ff40a26 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ int security_capset(struct cred *new, const struct cred *old,
 		    const kernel_cap_t *effective,
 		    const kernel_cap_t *inheritable,
 		    const kernel_cap_t *permitted);
-int security_capable(struct user_namespace *ns, const struct cred *cred,
+int security_capable(const struct cred *cred, struct user_namespace *ns,
 			int cap);
 int security_real_capable(struct task_struct *tsk, struct user_namespace *ns,
 			int cap);
@@ -1863,8 +1863,8 @@ static inline int security_capset(struct cred *new,
 	return cap_capset(new, old, effective, inheritable, permitted);
 }
 
-static inline int security_capable(struct user_namespace *ns,
-				   const struct cred *cred, int cap)
+static inline int security_capable(const struct cred *cred,
+				   struct user_namespace *ns, int cap)
 {
 	return cap_capable(cred, ns, cap, SECURITY_CAP_AUDIT);
 }
diff --git a/kernel/capability.c b/kernel/capability.c
index 283c529f8b1c..d98392719adb 100644
--- a/kernel/capability.c
+++ b/kernel/capability.c
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ bool ns_capable(struct user_namespace *ns, int cap)
 		BUG();
 	}
 
-	if (security_capable(ns, current_cred(), cap) == 0) {
+	if (security_capable(current_cred(), ns, cap) == 0) {
 		current->flags |= PF_SUPERPRIV;
 		return true;
 	}
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index 9ae68c64455e..b9e57f4fc44a 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ int security_capset(struct cred *new, const struct cred *old,
 				    effective, inheritable, permitted);
 }
 
-int security_capable(struct user_namespace *ns, const struct cred *cred,
+int security_capable(const struct cred *cred, struct user_namespace *ns,
 		     int cap)
 {
 	return security_ops->capable(cred, ns, cap, SECURITY_CAP_AUDIT);