diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index b9372a0bff18c2a042cb4ef7f6d6ea7b25a3583c..687a15d562433ee60c5b19bf02f2e8652c6e4338 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include <linux/audit.h>
 #include <linux/memcontrol.h>
 #include <linux/ftrace.h>
+#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/profile.h>
 #include <linux/rmap.h>
 #include <linux/ksm.h>
@@ -1464,6 +1465,8 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 	if (p->io_context)
 		exit_io_context(p);
 bad_fork_cleanup_namespaces:
+	if (unlikely(clone_flags & CLONE_NEWPID))
+		pid_ns_release_proc(p->nsproxy->pid_ns);
 	exit_task_namespaces(p);
 bad_fork_cleanup_mm:
 	if (p->mm)