diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index d57b54643918..4e6d4b9120a8 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -851,7 +851,8 @@ static void __setattr_copy(struct inode *inode, const struct iattr *attr)
 	if (ia_valid & ATTR_MODE) {
 		umode_t mode = attr->ia_mode;
 
-		if (!in_group_p(inode->i_gid) && !capable(CAP_FSETID))
+		if (!in_group_p(inode->i_gid) &&
+			!capable_wrt_inode_uidgid(inode, CAP_FSETID))
 			mode &= ~S_ISGID;
 		set_acl_inode(inode, mode);
 	}