diff --git a/clang/lib/Analysis/ThreadSafety.cpp b/clang/lib/Analysis/ThreadSafety.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Analysis/ThreadSafety.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Analysis/ThreadSafety.cpp
@@ -1266,13 +1266,22 @@
 }
 
 bool ThreadSafetyAnalyzer::inCurrentScope(const CapabilityExpr &CapE) {
-  if (!CurrentMethod)
+  const threadSafety::til::SExpr *SExp = CapE.sexpr();
+  assert(SExp && "Null expressions should be ignored");
+
+  // Global variables are always in scope.
+  if (isa<til::LiteralPtr>(SExp))
+    return true;
+
+  // Members are in scope from methods of the same class.
+  if (const auto *P = dyn_cast<til::Project>(SExp)) {
+    if (!CurrentMethod)
       return false;
-  if (const auto *P = dyn_cast_or_null<til::Project>(CapE.sexpr())) {
     const auto *VD = P->clangDecl();
     if (VD)
       return VD->getDeclContext() == CurrentMethod->getDeclContext();
   }
+
   return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/clang/test/SemaCXX/warn-thread-safety-analysis.cpp b/clang/test/SemaCXX/warn-thread-safety-analysis.cpp
--- a/clang/test/SemaCXX/warn-thread-safety-analysis.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/SemaCXX/warn-thread-safety-analysis.cpp
@@ -5036,7 +5036,8 @@
 }
 
 extern const char *deque_log_msg(void) __attribute__((requires_capability(Logger)));
-void logger_entry(void) __attribute__((requires_capability(Logger))) {
+void logger_entry(void) __attribute__((requires_capability(Logger)))
+                        __attribute__((requires_capability(!FlightControl))) {
   const char *msg;
 
   while ((msg = deque_log_msg())) {
@@ -5044,13 +5045,13 @@
   }
 }
 
-void spawn_fake_logger_thread(void) {
+void spawn_fake_logger_thread(void) __attribute__((requires_capability(!FlightControl))) {
   acquire(Logger);
   logger_entry();
   release(Logger);
 }
 
-int main(void) {
+int main(void) __attribute__((requires_capability(!FlightControl))) {
   spawn_fake_flight_control_thread();
   spawn_fake_logger_thread();
 
diff --git a/clang/test/SemaCXX/warn-thread-safety-negative.cpp b/clang/test/SemaCXX/warn-thread-safety-negative.cpp
--- a/clang/test/SemaCXX/warn-thread-safety-negative.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/SemaCXX/warn-thread-safety-negative.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,35 @@
 
 }  // end namespace SimpleTest
 
+Mutex globalMutex;
+
+namespace ScopeTest {
+
+void f() EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(!globalMutex);
+void fq() EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(!::globalMutex);
+
+namespace ns {
+  Mutex globalMutex;
+  void f() EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(!globalMutex);
+  void fq() EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(!ns::globalMutex);
+}
+
+void testGlobals() EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(!ns::globalMutex) {
+  f();     // expected-warning {{calling function 'f' requires negative capability '!globalMutex'}}
+  fq();    // expected-warning {{calling function 'fq' requires negative capability '!globalMutex'}}
+  ns::f();
+  ns::fq();
+}
+
+void testNamespaceGlobals() EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(!globalMutex) {
+  f();
+  fq();
+  ns::f();  // expected-warning {{calling function 'f' requires negative capability '!globalMutex'}}
+  ns::fq(); // expected-warning {{calling function 'fq' requires negative capability '!globalMutex'}}
+}
+
+}  // end namespace ScopeTest
+
 namespace DoubleAttribute {
 
 struct Foo {