diff --git a/sys/dev/vmm/vmm_dev.c b/sys/dev/vmm/vmm_dev.c
--- a/sys/dev/vmm/vmm_dev.c
+++ b/sys/dev/vmm/vmm_dev.c
@@ -331,12 +331,6 @@
 	sc = vmmdev_lookup2(dev);
 	KASSERT(sc != NULL, ("%s: device not found", __func__));
 
-	/*
-	 * A user can only access VMs that they themselves have created.
-	 */
-	if (td->td_ucred != sc->ucred)
-		return (EPERM);
-
 	/*
 	 * A jail without vmm access shouldn't be able to access vmm device
 	 * files at all, but check here just to be thorough.