diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_net.c b/fs/proc/proc_net.c
index 4caa5f774fb7975136d04e2baf81826e1c392dba..13cd7835d0dfdc5027c61df7270bbb61d51d2273 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_net.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_net.c
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ int seq_open_net(struct inode *ino, struct file *f,
 		put_net(net);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
 	p->net = net;
+#endif
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(seq_open_net);
@@ -52,12 +54,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(seq_open_net);
 int seq_release_net(struct inode *ino, struct file *f)
 {
 	struct seq_file *seq;
-	struct seq_net_private *p;
 
 	seq = f->private_data;
-	p = seq->private;
 
-	put_net(p->net);
+	put_net(seq_file_net(seq));
 	seq_release_private(ino, f);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/seq_file.h b/include/linux/seq_file.h
index 67c2563961f393c75ac4a5d4d013a6c11fdee4db..d870a825376999171829f3ef6aedc0c6109506a5 100644
--- a/include/linux/seq_file.h
+++ b/include/linux/seq_file.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <net/net_namespace.h>
 
 struct seq_operations;
 struct file;
@@ -64,7 +65,9 @@ extern struct list_head *seq_list_next(void *v, struct list_head *head,
 
 struct net;
 struct seq_net_private {
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
 	struct net *net;
+#endif
 };
 
 int seq_open_net(struct inode *, struct file *,
@@ -72,7 +75,11 @@ int seq_open_net(struct inode *, struct file *,
 int seq_release_net(struct inode *, struct file *);
 static inline struct net *seq_file_net(struct seq_file *seq)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
 	return ((struct seq_net_private *)seq->private)->net;
+#else
+	return &init_net;
+#endif
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index 065fbac7ecd38356fdff4157858f3cdca3445015..b8d491fb4b421e40b7f5102685722a595332d256 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -2145,7 +2145,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__neigh_for_each_release);
 static struct neighbour *neigh_get_first(struct seq_file *seq)
 {
 	struct neigh_seq_state *state = seq->private;
-	struct net *net = state->p.net;
+	struct net *net = seq_file_net(seq);
 	struct neigh_table *tbl = state->tbl;
 	struct neighbour *n = NULL;
 	int bucket = state->bucket;
@@ -2186,7 +2186,7 @@ static struct neighbour *neigh_get_next(struct seq_file *seq,
 					loff_t *pos)
 {
 	struct neigh_seq_state *state = seq->private;
-	struct net *net = state->p.net;
+	struct net *net = seq_file_net(seq);
 	struct neigh_table *tbl = state->tbl;
 
 	if (state->neigh_sub_iter) {
@@ -2246,7 +2246,7 @@ static struct neighbour *neigh_get_idx(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
 static struct pneigh_entry *pneigh_get_first(struct seq_file *seq)
 {
 	struct neigh_seq_state *state = seq->private;
-	struct net * net = state->p.net;
+	struct net *net = seq_file_net(seq);
 	struct neigh_table *tbl = state->tbl;
 	struct pneigh_entry *pn = NULL;
 	int bucket = state->bucket;
@@ -2269,7 +2269,7 @@ static struct pneigh_entry *pneigh_get_next(struct seq_file *seq,
 					    loff_t *pos)
 {
 	struct neigh_seq_state *state = seq->private;
-	struct net * net = state->p.net;
+	struct net *net = seq_file_net(seq);
 	struct neigh_table *tbl = state->tbl;
 
 	pn = pn->next;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_hash.c b/net/ipv4/fib_hash.c
index 8d58d85dfac678f4485078efe4f28c6a143f03d3..02088deb046193262b81342bcca1cd5f2bf88506 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_hash.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_hash.c
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ static struct fib_alias *fib_get_first(struct seq_file *seq)
 	struct fib_table *main_table;
 	struct fn_hash *table;
 
-	main_table = fib_get_table(iter->p.net, RT_TABLE_MAIN);
+	main_table = fib_get_table(seq_file_net(seq), RT_TABLE_MAIN);
 	table = (struct fn_hash *)main_table->tb_data;
 
 	iter->bucket    = 0;
@@ -959,11 +959,10 @@ static struct fib_alias *fib_get_idx(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t pos)
 static void *fib_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
 	__acquires(fib_hash_lock)
 {
-	struct fib_iter_state *iter = seq->private;
 	void *v = NULL;
 
 	read_lock(&fib_hash_lock);
-	if (fib_get_table(iter->p.net, RT_TABLE_MAIN))
+	if (fib_get_table(seq_file_net(seq), RT_TABLE_MAIN))
 		v = *pos ? fib_get_idx(seq, *pos - 1) : SEQ_START_TOKEN;
 	return v;
 }
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
index ce6cb34e28e1bab0269bdd9c5d16fac8d39ddd4a..9e491e70e8552fa213d826333c4ff31088ca5fe0 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
@@ -2279,9 +2279,10 @@ static const struct file_operations fib_triestat_fops = {
 	.release = fib_triestat_seq_release,
 };
 
-static struct node *fib_trie_get_idx(struct fib_trie_iter *iter, loff_t pos)
+static struct node *fib_trie_get_idx(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t pos)
 {
-	struct net *net = iter->p.net;
+	struct fib_trie_iter *iter = seq->private;
+	struct net *net = seq_file_net(seq);
 	loff_t idx = 0;
 	unsigned int h;
 
@@ -2309,16 +2310,14 @@ static struct node *fib_trie_get_idx(struct fib_trie_iter *iter, loff_t pos)
 static void *fib_trie_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
 	__acquires(RCU)
 {
-	struct fib_trie_iter *iter = seq->private;
-
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	return fib_trie_get_idx(iter, *pos);
+	return fib_trie_get_idx(seq, *pos);
 }
 
 static void *fib_trie_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos)
 {
 	struct fib_trie_iter *iter = seq->private;
-	struct net *net = iter->p.net;
+	struct net *net = seq_file_net(seq);
 	struct fib_table *tb = iter->tb;
 	struct hlist_node *tb_node;
 	unsigned int h;
@@ -2513,7 +2512,7 @@ static void *fib_route_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
 	struct fib_table *tb;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	tb = fib_get_table(iter->p.net, RT_TABLE_MAIN);
+	tb = fib_get_table(seq_file_net(seq), RT_TABLE_MAIN);
 	if (!tb)
 		return NULL;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/raw.c b/net/ipv4/raw.c
index be19a4048d7c47ec1e483ebd62c6b29bc81cf117..25dc8b38cac3b0f2dab98751b4ded507eeed993d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/raw.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/raw.c
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ static struct sock *raw_get_first(struct seq_file *seq)
 		struct hlist_node *node;
 
 		sk_for_each(sk, node, &state->h->ht[state->bucket])
-			if (sock_net(sk) == state->p.net)
+			if (sock_net(sk) == seq_file_net(seq))
 				goto found;
 	}
 	sk = NULL;
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ static struct sock *raw_get_next(struct seq_file *seq, struct sock *sk)
 		sk = sk_next(sk);
 try_again:
 		;
-	} while (sk && sock_net(sk) != state->p.net);
+	} while (sk && sock_net(sk) != seq_file_net(seq));
 
 	if (!sk && ++state->bucket < RAW_HTABLE_SIZE) {
 		sk = sk_head(&state->h->ht[state->bucket]);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 194f5cca3121a564887e1c03da45702076cde362..eab8d75e522259d24c7fac019e39d8fe4621c214 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -276,15 +276,16 @@ struct rt_cache_iter_state {
 	int genid;
 };
 
-static struct rtable *rt_cache_get_first(struct rt_cache_iter_state *st)
+static struct rtable *rt_cache_get_first(struct seq_file *seq)
 {
+	struct rt_cache_iter_state *st = seq->private;
 	struct rtable *r = NULL;
 
 	for (st->bucket = rt_hash_mask; st->bucket >= 0; --st->bucket) {
 		rcu_read_lock_bh();
 		r = rcu_dereference(rt_hash_table[st->bucket].chain);
 		while (r) {
-			if (dev_net(r->u.dst.dev) == st->p.net &&
+			if (dev_net(r->u.dst.dev) == seq_file_net(seq) &&
 			    r->rt_genid == st->genid)
 				return r;
 			r = rcu_dereference(r->u.dst.rt_next);
@@ -294,9 +295,10 @@ static struct rtable *rt_cache_get_first(struct rt_cache_iter_state *st)
 	return r;
 }
 
-static struct rtable *__rt_cache_get_next(struct rt_cache_iter_state *st,
+static struct rtable *__rt_cache_get_next(struct seq_file *seq,
 					  struct rtable *r)
 {
+	struct rt_cache_iter_state *st = seq->private;
 	r = r->u.dst.rt_next;
 	while (!r) {
 		rcu_read_unlock_bh();
@@ -308,11 +310,12 @@ static struct rtable *__rt_cache_get_next(struct rt_cache_iter_state *st,
 	return rcu_dereference(r);
 }
 
-static struct rtable *rt_cache_get_next(struct rt_cache_iter_state *st,
+static struct rtable *rt_cache_get_next(struct seq_file *seq,
 					struct rtable *r)
 {
-	while ((r = __rt_cache_get_next(st, r)) != NULL) {
-		if (dev_net(r->u.dst.dev) != st->p.net)
+	struct rt_cache_iter_state *st = seq->private;
+	while ((r = __rt_cache_get_next(seq, r)) != NULL) {
+		if (dev_net(r->u.dst.dev) != seq_file_net(seq))
 			continue;
 		if (r->rt_genid == st->genid)
 			break;
@@ -320,12 +323,12 @@ static struct rtable *rt_cache_get_next(struct rt_cache_iter_state *st,
 	return r;
 }
 
-static struct rtable *rt_cache_get_idx(struct rt_cache_iter_state *st, loff_t pos)
+static struct rtable *rt_cache_get_idx(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t pos)
 {
-	struct rtable *r = rt_cache_get_first(st);
+	struct rtable *r = rt_cache_get_first(seq);
 
 	if (r)
-		while (pos && (r = rt_cache_get_next(st, r)))
+		while (pos && (r = rt_cache_get_next(seq, r)))
 			--pos;
 	return pos ? NULL : r;
 }
@@ -333,9 +336,8 @@ static struct rtable *rt_cache_get_idx(struct rt_cache_iter_state *st, loff_t po
 static void *rt_cache_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
 {
 	struct rt_cache_iter_state *st = seq->private;
-
 	if (*pos)
-		return rt_cache_get_idx(st, *pos - 1);
+		return rt_cache_get_idx(seq, *pos - 1);
 	st->genid = atomic_read(&rt_genid);
 	return SEQ_START_TOKEN;
 }
@@ -343,12 +345,11 @@ static void *rt_cache_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
 static void *rt_cache_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos)
 {
 	struct rtable *r;
-	struct rt_cache_iter_state *st = seq->private;
 
 	if (v == SEQ_START_TOKEN)
-		r = rt_cache_get_first(st);
+		r = rt_cache_get_first(seq);
 	else
-		r = rt_cache_get_next(st, v);
+		r = rt_cache_get_next(seq, v);
 	++*pos;
 	return r;
 }
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index f2c90f145cbbc47dfe0c4f78ed87b40497e1397c..ac5d4f4b63129ede92bf20107d415f5fa379ac8d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -2766,7 +2766,7 @@ static struct inet6_ifaddr *if6_get_first(struct seq_file *seq)
 {
 	struct inet6_ifaddr *ifa = NULL;
 	struct if6_iter_state *state = seq->private;
-	struct net *net = state->p.net;
+	struct net *net = seq_file_net(seq);
 
 	for (state->bucket = 0; state->bucket < IN6_ADDR_HSIZE; ++state->bucket) {
 		ifa = inet6_addr_lst[state->bucket];
@@ -2782,7 +2782,7 @@ static struct inet6_ifaddr *if6_get_first(struct seq_file *seq)
 static struct inet6_ifaddr *if6_get_next(struct seq_file *seq, struct inet6_ifaddr *ifa)
 {
 	struct if6_iter_state *state = seq->private;
-	struct net *net = state->p.net;
+	struct net *net = seq_file_net(seq);
 
 	ifa = ifa->lst_next;
 try_again:
diff --git a/net/ipv6/mcast.c b/net/ipv6/mcast.c
index 20a3d8e2f6c6643ddce460035b8345fbbba66b46..d810cff818cfb27c8ac7e55bf5276c5c7754ef12 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/mcast.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/mcast.c
@@ -2355,7 +2355,7 @@ static inline struct ifmcaddr6 *igmp6_mc_get_first(struct seq_file *seq)
 {
 	struct ifmcaddr6 *im = NULL;
 	struct igmp6_mc_iter_state *state = igmp6_mc_seq_private(seq);
-	struct net *net = state->p.net;
+	struct net *net = seq_file_net(seq);
 
 	state->idev = NULL;
 	for_each_netdev(net, state->dev) {
@@ -2486,7 +2486,7 @@ static inline struct ip6_sf_list *igmp6_mcf_get_first(struct seq_file *seq)
 	struct ip6_sf_list *psf = NULL;
 	struct ifmcaddr6 *im = NULL;
 	struct igmp6_mcf_iter_state *state = igmp6_mcf_seq_private(seq);
-	struct net *net = state->p.net;
+	struct net *net = seq_file_net(seq);
 
 	state->idev = NULL;
 	state->im = NULL;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
index a6792089fcf9d4d8430af560addfb8f8a758b7b5..0bd95680a494e050ee61249a311bd450e7459da1 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ struct xt_names_priv {
 static void *xt_table_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
 {
 	struct xt_names_priv *priv = seq->private;
-	struct net *net = priv->p.net;
+	struct net *net = seq_file_net(seq);
 	int af = priv->af;
 
 	mutex_lock(&xt[af].mutex);
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ static void *xt_table_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
 static void *xt_table_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos)
 {
 	struct xt_names_priv *priv = seq->private;
-	struct net *net = priv->p.net;
+	struct net *net = seq_file_net(seq);
 	int af = priv->af;
 
 	return seq_list_next(v, &net->xt.tables[af], pos);
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 712a7bff8560c70196c3efc7ac9fc4b165d92f5c..1d16d95dfaaf340ad02ce78d7c5e875fd2a4ec4d 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1758,7 +1758,7 @@ static struct sock *netlink_seq_socket_idx(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t pos)
 
 		for (j = 0; j <= hash->mask; j++) {
 			sk_for_each(s, node, &hash->table[j]) {
-				if (sock_net(s) != iter->p.net)
+				if (sock_net(s) != seq_file_net(seq))
 					continue;
 				if (off == pos) {
 					iter->link = i;
@@ -1794,7 +1794,7 @@ static void *netlink_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos)
 	s = v;
 	do {
 		s = sk_next(s);
-	} while (s && (sock_net(s) != iter->p.net));
+	} while (s && sock_net(s) != seq_file_net(seq));
 	if (s)
 		return s;
 
@@ -1806,7 +1806,7 @@ static void *netlink_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos)
 
 		for (; j <= hash->mask; j++) {
 			s = sk_head(&hash->table[j]);
-			while (s && sock_net(s) != iter->p.net)
+			while (s && sock_net(s) != seq_file_net(seq))
 				s = sk_next(s);
 			if (s) {
 				iter->link = i;
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index cb9d0cb5f2707f351dc29bc4749cd69b337a30ce..4a4793051bcb236c79b4abf1fdcbb4778e16ec60 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -2016,13 +2016,14 @@ struct unix_iter_state {
 	struct seq_net_private p;
 	int i;
 };
-static struct sock *unix_seq_idx(struct unix_iter_state *iter, loff_t pos)
+static struct sock *unix_seq_idx(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t pos)
 {
+	struct unix_iter_state *iter = seq->private;
 	loff_t off = 0;
 	struct sock *s;
 
 	for (s = first_unix_socket(&iter->i); s; s = next_unix_socket(&iter->i, s)) {
-		if (sock_net(s) != iter->p.net)
+		if (sock_net(s) != seq_file_net(seq))
 			continue;
 		if (off == pos)
 			return s;
@@ -2035,9 +2036,8 @@ static struct sock *unix_seq_idx(struct unix_iter_state *iter, loff_t pos)
 static void *unix_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
 	__acquires(unix_table_lock)
 {
-	struct unix_iter_state *iter = seq->private;
 	spin_lock(&unix_table_lock);
-	return *pos ? unix_seq_idx(iter, *pos - 1) : ((void *) 1);
+	return *pos ? unix_seq_idx(seq, *pos - 1) : ((void *) 1);
 }
 
 static void *unix_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos)
@@ -2050,7 +2050,7 @@ static void *unix_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos)
 		sk = first_unix_socket(&iter->i);
 	else
 		sk = next_unix_socket(&iter->i, sk);
-	while (sk && (sock_net(sk) != iter->p.net))
+	while (sk && (sock_net(sk) != seq_file_net(seq)))
 		sk = next_unix_socket(&iter->i, sk);
 	return sk;
 }