1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
index 45ed5e05ab32..12e69d364dd5 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ lookup_protocol:
         }
 
         err = -EPERM;
-        if (sock->type == SOCK_RAW && !capable(CAP_NET_RAW))
+        if (sock->type == SOCK_RAW && !kern && !capable(CAP_NET_RAW))
                 goto out_rcu_unlock;
 
         sock->ops = answer->ops;