diff --git a/include/linux/init_task.h b/include/linux/init_task.h
index 5c4989172f7e8974686469bda9028e5b01eb4fa8..90c5f9a07730a835ad37f2e1b1acbc0ffd3ab8eb 100644
--- a/include/linux/init_task.h
+++ b/include/linux/init_task.h
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ extern struct nsproxy init_nsproxy;
 #define INIT_NSPROXY(nsproxy) {						\
 	.count		= ATOMIC_INIT(1),				\
 	.nslock		= __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(nsproxy.nslock),		\
+	.id		= 0,						\
 	.uts_ns		= &init_uts_ns,					\
 	.mnt_ns		= NULL,						\
 	INIT_IPC_NS(ipc_ns)						\
diff --git a/include/linux/nsproxy.h b/include/linux/nsproxy.h
index 0aba1b1a39c750bee9a9b528688d17cf2891a87f..27f37c1ec1d978fdf3ad7ae55ec50fbf39d070f8 100644
--- a/include/linux/nsproxy.h
+++ b/include/linux/nsproxy.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ struct ipc_namespace;
 struct nsproxy {
 	atomic_t count;
 	spinlock_t nslock;
+	unsigned long id;
 	struct uts_namespace *uts_ns;
 	struct ipc_namespace *ipc_ns;
 	struct mnt_namespace *mnt_ns;
diff --git a/kernel/nsproxy.c b/kernel/nsproxy.c
index bd9cb435dfe0f0968a3acb092631daf1c2bf92cc..f223c15c18e962b2ec175fbebb770b5b42ff5bc5 100644
--- a/kernel/nsproxy.c
+++ b/kernel/nsproxy.c
@@ -45,8 +45,10 @@ static inline struct nsproxy *clone_namespaces(struct nsproxy *orig)
 	struct nsproxy *ns;
 
 	ns = kmemdup(orig, sizeof(struct nsproxy), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (ns)
+	if (ns) {
 		atomic_set(&ns->count, 1);
+		ns->id = -1;
+	}
 	return ns;
 }