1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/firejail/join.c b/src/firejail/join.c
index 948c7ef71..414b899ce 100644
--- a/src/firejail/join.c
+++ b/src/firejail/join.c
@@ -309,14 +309,15 @@ void join(pid_t pid, int argc, char **argv, int index) {
                                 printf("Joining user namespace\n");
                         if (join_namespace(1, "user"))
                                 exit(1);
+
+                        // user namespace resets capabilities
+                        // set caps filter
+                        if (apply_caps == 1)    // not available for uid 0
+                                caps_set(caps);
                 }
                 else 
                         drop_privs(arg_nogroups);       // nogroups not available for uid 0
 
-                // user namespace resets capabilities
-                // set caps filter
-                if (apply_caps == 1)    // not available for uid 0
-                        caps_set(caps);
 
                 // set prompt color to green
                 char *prompt = getenv("FIREJAIL_PROMPT");