diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index c4a5fd94bbbb..ca9b96ae0646 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -5609,9 +5609,9 @@ void send_flush_mdlog(struct ceph_mds_session *s)
 
 static int ceph_mds_auth_match(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 			       struct ceph_mds_cap_auth *auth,
+			       const struct cred *cred,
 			       char *tpath)
 {
-	const struct cred *cred = get_current_cred();
 	u32 caller_uid = from_kuid(&init_user_ns, cred->fsuid);
 	u32 caller_gid = from_kgid(&init_user_ns, cred->fsgid);
 	struct ceph_client *cl = mdsc->fsc->client;
@@ -5734,7 +5734,7 @@ int ceph_mds_check_access(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc, char *tpath, int mask)
 	for (i = 0; i < mdsc->s_cap_auths_num; i++) {
 		struct ceph_mds_cap_auth *s = &mdsc->s_cap_auths[i];
 
-		err = ceph_mds_auth_match(mdsc, s, tpath);
+		err = ceph_mds_auth_match(mdsc, s, cred, tpath);
 		if (err < 0) {
 			return err;
 		} else if (err > 0) {