diff -NurpPw --minimal a/kernel/vserver/switch.c b/kernel/vserver/switch.c
--- a/kernel/vserver/switch.c	2004-11-03 13:07:52.000000000 +0100
+++ b/kernel/vserver/switch.c	2004-12-01 12:01:22.155122187 +0100
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ vc_get_version(uint32_t id)
 extern asmlinkage long
 sys_vserver(uint32_t cmd, uint32_t id, void __user *data)
 {
+/* evil hack, should be safe since we only allow to lower caps */
+#ifdef	CONFIG_VSERVER_LEGACY
+	if(cmd == VCMD_new_s_context)
+		return vc_new_s_context(id, data);
+#endif
+
 	if (!capable(CAP_CONTEXT))
 		return -EPERM;
 
@@ -55,8 +61,6 @@ sys_vserver(uint32_t cmd, uint32_t id, v
 		return vc_get_version(id);
 
 #ifdef	CONFIG_VSERVER_LEGACY
-	case VCMD_new_s_context:
-		return vc_new_s_context(id, data);
 	case VCMD_set_ipv4root:
 		return vc_set_ipv4root(id, data);
 #endif