2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 6a94475aee85..278d489aad3b 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ void dev_load(struct net *net, const char *name)
         dev = __dev_get_by_name(net, name);
         read_unlock(&dev_base_lock);
 
-        if (!dev && capable(CAP_SYS_MODULE))
+        if (!dev && capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
                 request_module("%s", name);
 }
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
index e92beb9e55e0..6428b342b164 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ int tcp_set_default_congestion_control(const char *name)
         spin_lock(&tcp_cong_list_lock);
         ca = tcp_ca_find(name);
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
-        if (!ca && capable(CAP_SYS_MODULE)) {
+        if (!ca && capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) {
                 spin_unlock(&tcp_cong_list_lock);
 
                 request_module("tcp_%s", name);
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ int tcp_set_congestion_control(struct sock *sk, const char *name)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
         /* not found attempt to autoload module */
-        if (!ca && capable(CAP_SYS_MODULE)) {
+        if (!ca && capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) {
                 rcu_read_unlock();
                 request_module("tcp_%s", name);
                 rcu_read_lock();