diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h
index 85c63d4f16dd..e61469129402 100644
--- a/include/net/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/genetlink.h
@@ -8,16 +8,19 @@
 
 #define GENLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE (NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE - GENL_HDRLEN)
 
+/* Binding to multicast group requires %CAP_NET_ADMIN */
+#define GENL_MCAST_CAP_NET_ADMIN	BIT(0)
+/* Binding to multicast group requires %CAP_SYS_ADMIN */
+#define GENL_MCAST_CAP_SYS_ADMIN	BIT(1)
+
 /**
  * struct genl_multicast_group - generic netlink multicast group
  * @name: name of the multicast group, names are per-family
- * @flags: GENL_* flags (%GENL_ADMIN_PERM or %GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM)
- * @cap_sys_admin: whether %CAP_SYS_ADMIN is required for binding
+ * @flags: GENL_MCAST_* flags
  */
 struct genl_multicast_group {
 	char			name[GENL_NAMSIZ];
 	u8			flags;
-	u8			cap_sys_admin:1;
 };
 
 struct genl_split_ops;
diff --git a/net/core/drop_monitor.c b/net/core/drop_monitor.c
index b240d9aae4a6..b0f221d658be 100644
--- a/net/core/drop_monitor.c
+++ b/net/core/drop_monitor.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *reset_per_cpu_data(struct per_cpu_dm_data *data)
 }
 
 static const struct genl_multicast_group dropmon_mcgrps[] = {
-	{ .name = "events", .cap_sys_admin = 1 },
+	{ .name = "events", .flags = GENL_MCAST_CAP_SYS_ADMIN, },
 };
 
 static void send_dm_alert(struct work_struct *work)
diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
index bf4d96f6f99a..272e93be1aad 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ int mptcp_pm_nl_get_local_id(struct mptcp_sock *msk, struct mptcp_addr_info *skc
 static const struct genl_multicast_group mptcp_pm_mcgrps[] = {
 	[MPTCP_PM_CMD_GRP_OFFSET]	= { .name = MPTCP_PM_CMD_GRP_NAME, },
 	[MPTCP_PM_EV_GRP_OFFSET]        = { .name = MPTCP_PM_EV_GRP_NAME,
-					    .flags = GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM,
+					    .flags = GENL_MCAST_CAP_NET_ADMIN,
 					  },
 };
 
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index c0d15470a10b..8c7af02f8454 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -1829,10 +1829,10 @@ static int genl_bind(struct net *net, int group)
 			continue;
 
 		grp = &family->mcgrps[i];
-		if ((grp->flags & GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM) &&
+		if ((grp->flags & GENL_MCAST_CAP_NET_ADMIN) &&
 		    !ns_capable(net->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
 			ret = -EPERM;
-		if (grp->cap_sys_admin &&
+		if ((grp->flags & GENL_MCAST_CAP_SYS_ADMIN) &&
 		    !ns_capable(net->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 			ret = -EPERM;
 
diff --git a/net/psample/psample.c b/net/psample/psample.c
index c34e902855db..ddd211a151d0 100644
--- a/net/psample/psample.c
+++ b/net/psample/psample.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ enum psample_nl_multicast_groups {
 static const struct genl_multicast_group psample_nl_mcgrps[] = {
 	[PSAMPLE_NL_MCGRP_CONFIG] = { .name = PSAMPLE_NL_MCGRP_CONFIG_NAME },
 	[PSAMPLE_NL_MCGRP_SAMPLE] = { .name = PSAMPLE_NL_MCGRP_SAMPLE_NAME,
-				      .flags = GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM },
+				      .flags = GENL_MCAST_CAP_NET_ADMIN, },
 };
 
 static struct genl_family psample_nl_family __ro_after_init;