diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index c58674a20cad..f6879f282dae 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -5780,7 +5780,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(statmount, const struct mnt_id_req __user *, req,
 
 	if (kreq.mnt_ns_id && (ns != current->nsproxy->mnt_ns) &&
 	    !ns_capable_noaudit(ns->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-		return -ENOENT;
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	ks = kmalloc(sizeof(*ks), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
 	if (!ks)