diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 34c5a2310fbf9545eeff2e3fa803c8a361031bb3..71fb41f393d78c1ace45b54810276217f03dffdd 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ struct audit_buffer {
 
 struct audit_reply {
 	__u32 portid;
-	pid_t pid;
+	struct net *net;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 };
 
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ int audit_send_list(void *_dest)
 {
 	struct audit_netlink_list *dest = _dest;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
-	struct net *net = get_net_ns_by_pid(dest->pid);
+	struct net *net = dest->net;
 	struct audit_net *aunet = net_generic(net, audit_net_id);
 
 	/* wait for parent to finish and send an ACK */
@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@ int audit_send_list(void *_dest)
 	while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(&dest->q)) != NULL)
 		netlink_unicast(aunet->nlsk, skb, dest->portid, 0);
 
+	put_net(net);
 	kfree(dest);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -543,7 +544,7 @@ struct sk_buff *audit_make_reply(__u32 portid, int seq, int type, int done,
 static int audit_send_reply_thread(void *arg)
 {
 	struct audit_reply *reply = (struct audit_reply *)arg;
-	struct net *net = get_net_ns_by_pid(reply->pid);
+	struct net *net = reply->net;
 	struct audit_net *aunet = net_generic(net, audit_net_id);
 
 	mutex_lock(&audit_cmd_mutex);
@@ -552,6 +553,7 @@ static int audit_send_reply_thread(void *arg)
 	/* Ignore failure. It'll only happen if the sender goes away,
 	   because our timeout is set to infinite. */
 	netlink_unicast(aunet->nlsk , reply->skb, reply->portid, 0);
+	put_net(net);
 	kfree(reply);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -583,8 +585,8 @@ static void audit_send_reply(__u32 portid, int seq, int type, int done,
 	if (!skb)
 		goto out;
 
+	reply->net = get_net(current->nsproxy->net_ns);
 	reply->portid = portid;
-	reply->pid = task_pid_vnr(current);
 	reply->skb = skb;
 
 	tsk = kthread_run(audit_send_reply_thread, reply, "audit_send_reply");
diff --git a/kernel/audit.h b/kernel/audit.h
index 38c967d28de5c2a41fdc96e93f0732545bb5a747..7bb65730c89015a9a30249ecd6fd0921a7ec1c14 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.h
+++ b/kernel/audit.h
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ extern void		    audit_panic(const char *message);
 
 struct audit_netlink_list {
 	__u32 portid;
-	pid_t pid;
+	struct net *net;
 	struct sk_buff_head q;
 };
 
diff --git a/kernel/auditfilter.c b/kernel/auditfilter.c
index 3152d1aea1640851fd1c4d6dc60398a893f59bcc..a0d470131fd0c99fc70ae612f3eb987966fa77ac 100644
--- a/kernel/auditfilter.c
+++ b/kernel/auditfilter.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
+#include <net/net_namespace.h>
 #include "audit.h"
 
 /*
@@ -1085,8 +1086,8 @@ int audit_list_rules_send(__u32 portid, int seq)
 	dest = kmalloc(sizeof(struct audit_netlink_list), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dest)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	dest->net = get_net(current->nsproxy->net_ns);
 	dest->portid = portid;
-	dest->pid = task_pid_vnr(current);
 	skb_queue_head_init(&dest->q);
 
 	mutex_lock(&audit_filter_mutex);