diff --git a/kernel/user_namespace.c b/kernel/user_namespace.c
index 9451b12a9b6c..1e34de2fbd60 100644
--- a/kernel/user_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/user_namespace.c
@@ -812,14 +812,16 @@ static bool new_idmap_permitted(const struct file *file,
 				struct user_namespace *ns, int cap_setid,
 				struct uid_gid_map *new_map)
 {
+	const struct cred *cred = file->f_cred;
 	/* Don't allow mappings that would allow anything that wouldn't
 	 * be allowed without the establishment of unprivileged mappings.
 	 */
-	if ((new_map->nr_extents == 1) && (new_map->extent[0].count == 1)) {
+	if ((new_map->nr_extents == 1) && (new_map->extent[0].count == 1) &&
+	    uid_eq(ns->owner, cred->euid)) {
 		u32 id = new_map->extent[0].lower_first;
 		if (cap_setid == CAP_SETUID) {
 			kuid_t uid = make_kuid(ns->parent, id);
-			if (uid_eq(uid, file->f_cred->euid))
+			if (uid_eq(uid, cred->euid))
 				return true;
 		}
 	}