diff --git a/fs/utimes.c b/fs/utimes.c
index 4572b91ddb91..39f356017635 100644
--- a/fs/utimes.c
+++ b/fs/utimes.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ int vfs_utimes(const struct path *path, struct timespec64 *times)
 	}
 retry_deleg:
 	inode_lock(inode);
-	error = notify_change(&init_user_ns, path->dentry, &newattrs,
+	error = notify_change(mnt_user_ns(path->mnt), path->dentry, &newattrs,
 			      &delegated_inode);
 	inode_unlock(inode);
 	if (delegated_inode) {