diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c b/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c
index 95b6bb78fcd2..3b80929994a0 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c
@@ -596,6 +596,9 @@ static int vti_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
 	struct ip_tunnel_parm_kern p;
 	__u32 fwmark = t->fwmark;
 
+	if (!rtnl_dev_link_net_capable(dev, t->net))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	vti_netlink_parms(data, &p, &fwmark);
 	return ip_tunnel_changelink(dev, tb, &p, fwmark);
 }