diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
index 15c80e211fb2..b7adaef4889b 100644
--- a/kernel/pid.c
+++ b/kernel/pid.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ struct pid *alloc_pid(struct pid_namespace *ns, pid_t *set_tid,
 			if (tid != 1 && !tmp->child_reaper)
 				goto out_free;
 			retval = -EPERM;
-			if (!ns_capable(tmp->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+			if (!checkpoint_restore_ns_capable(tmp->user_ns))
 				goto out_free;
 			set_tid_size--;
 		}