diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 67088804dcc7..db546dd93d08 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -13867,6 +13867,19 @@ static int nl80211_wiphy_netns(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	if (IS_ERR(net))
 		return PTR_ERR(net);
 
+	/*
+	 * The caller already has CAP_NET_ADMIN over the source netns
+	 * (enforced by GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM on the genl op). Mirror the
+	 * convention used by net/core/rtnetlink.c::rtnl_get_net_ns_capable()
+	 * and require CAP_NET_ADMIN over the target netns as well, so that
+	 * a caller that is privileged in their own user namespace cannot
+	 * push a wiphy into a netns where they have no privilege.
+	 */
+	if (!ns_capable(net->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN)) {
+		put_net(net);
+		return -EPERM;
+	}
+
 	err = 0;
 
 	/* check if anything to do */