diff --git a/include/linux/pid_namespace.h b/include/linux/pid_namespace.h
index e2772666f004ef2d83b3493fb6f93b2625fb12f4..7246ef3d4455880f682f5d648fb75079f6c6d61c 100644
--- a/include/linux/pid_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/pid_namespace.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ struct bsd_acct_struct;
 struct pid_namespace {
 	struct kref kref;
 	struct pidmap pidmap[PIDMAP_ENTRIES];
+	struct rcu_head rcu;
 	int last_pid;
 	unsigned int nr_hashed;
 	struct task_struct *child_reaper;
diff --git a/kernel/pid_namespace.c b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
index 42086551a24a19d9563148ee1810e30e68cccbbe..06c62de9c71191a68e5ea5b97bcb3a46b707a60d 100644
--- a/kernel/pid_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
@@ -132,6 +132,12 @@ static struct pid_namespace *create_pid_namespace(struct user_namespace *user_ns
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
+static void delayed_free_pidns(struct rcu_head *p)
+{
+	kmem_cache_free(pid_ns_cachep,
+			container_of(p, struct pid_namespace, rcu));
+}
+
 static void destroy_pid_namespace(struct pid_namespace *ns)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -140,7 +146,7 @@ static void destroy_pid_namespace(struct pid_namespace *ns)
 	for (i = 0; i < PIDMAP_ENTRIES; i++)
 		kfree(ns->pidmap[i].page);
 	put_user_ns(ns->user_ns);
-	kmem_cache_free(pid_ns_cachep, ns);
+	call_rcu(&ns->rcu, delayed_free_pidns);
 }
 
 struct pid_namespace *copy_pid_ns(unsigned long flags,