diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index ac77dd912412..49884fa3c81d 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -374,6 +374,9 @@ static long fcntl_set_rw_hint(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 	u64 __user *argp = (u64 __user *)arg;
 	u64 hint;
 
+	if (!inode_owner_or_capable(file_mnt_idmap(file), inode))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	if (copy_from_user(&hint, argp, sizeof(hint)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 	if (!rw_hint_valid(hint))