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diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index ef1a78f5d71c..72c7639e3c98 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -480,7 +480,8 @@ static int set_user(struct cred *new)
* failure to the execve() stage.
*/
if (is_ucounts_overlimit(new->ucounts, UCOUNT_RLIMIT_NPROC, rlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC)) &&
- new_user != INIT_USER)
+ new_user != INIT_USER &&
+ !capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE) && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
current->flags |= PF_NPROC_EXCEEDED;
else
current->flags &= ~PF_NPROC_EXCEEDED;