diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
index 048514f15f2f..c64340b3cda8 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
@@ -1994,6 +1994,9 @@ compat_do_ipt_get_ctl(struct sock *sk, int cmd, void __user *user, int *len)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case IPT_SO_GET_INFO:
 		ret = get_info(user, len, 1);