diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 7325baa8f9d474f166c1bbef54b584a028b287fb..c95f32b83a942c3b39350bc76bde54800c4d53fe 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -498,6 +498,10 @@ static struct inode *proc_sys_make_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	if (root->set_ownership)
 		root->set_ownership(head, table, &inode->i_uid, &inode->i_gid);
+	else {
+		inode->i_uid = GLOBAL_ROOT_UID;
+		inode->i_gid = GLOBAL_ROOT_GID;
+	}
 
 	return inode;
 }