diff --git a/include/net/rtnetlink.h b/include/net/rtnetlink.h
index ec65a8cebb99..2bff41aacc98 100644
--- a/include/net/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/rtnetlink.h
@@ -256,6 +256,8 @@ int rtnl_configure_link(struct net_device *dev, const struct ifinfomsg *ifm,
 int rtnl_nla_parse_ifinfomsg(struct nlattr **tb, const struct nlattr *nla_peer,
 			     struct netlink_ext_ack *exterr);
 struct net *rtnl_get_net_ns_capable(struct sock *sk, int netnsid);
+bool rtnl_dev_link_net_capable(const struct net_device *dev,
+			       const struct net *link_net);
 
 #define MODULE_ALIAS_RTNL_LINK(kind) MODULE_ALIAS("rtnl-link-" kind)
 
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 61d095ce1b3b..12aa3aa1688b 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2438,6 +2438,14 @@ struct net *rtnl_get_net_ns_capable(struct sock *sk, int netnsid)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rtnl_get_net_ns_capable);
 
+bool rtnl_dev_link_net_capable(const struct net_device *dev,
+			       const struct net *link_net)
+{
+	return net_eq(link_net, dev_net(dev)) ||
+	       ns_capable(link_net->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rtnl_dev_link_net_capable);
+
 static int rtnl_valid_dump_ifinfo_req(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 				      bool strict_check, struct nlattr **tb,
 				      struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index 208dd48012d9..3efdfb4ffa21 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -1457,6 +1457,9 @@ static int ipgre_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
 	__u32 fwmark = t->fwmark;
 	int err;
 
+	if (!rtnl_dev_link_net_capable(dev, t->net))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	err = ipgre_newlink_encap_setup(dev, data);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
@@ -1486,6 +1489,9 @@ static int erspan_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
 	__u32 fwmark = t->fwmark;
 	int err;
 
+	if (!rtnl_dev_link_net_capable(dev, t->net))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	err = ipgre_newlink_encap_setup(dev, data);
 	if (err)
 		return err;