diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
index 5a2583a82f97..825d40b505cd 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -2055,6 +2055,9 @@ static int ip6_tnl_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
 	struct ip6_tnl_net *ip6n = net_generic(net, ip6_tnl_net_id);
 	struct ip_tunnel_encap ipencap;
 
+	if (!rtnl_dev_link_net_capable(dev, net))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	if (dev == ip6n->fb_tnl_dev)
 		return -EINVAL;