diff --git a/daemon/container_operations_unix.go b/daemon/container_operations_unix.go
index d61e6cf581..c965cbb66b 100644
--- a/daemon/container_operations_unix.go
+++ b/daemon/container_operations_unix.go
@@ -888,9 +888,6 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) setupIpcDirs(c *container.Container) error {
 		if err := syscall.Mount("mqueue", mqueuePath, "mqueue", uintptr(syscall.MS_NOEXEC|syscall.MS_NOSUID|syscall.MS_NODEV), ""); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("mounting mqueue mqueue : %s", err)
 		}
-		if err := os.Chown(mqueuePath, rootUID, rootGID); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
 	}
 
 	return nil