diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index f50fc29..5a5ef5c 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
 	/* For init, we want to retain the capabilities set
 	 * in the init_task struct. Thus we skip the usual
 	 * capability rules */
-	if (current->pid != 1) {
+	if (!is_init(current)) {
 		current->cap_permitted = new_permitted;
 		current->cap_effective =
 		    cap_intersect (new_permitted, bprm->cap_effective);