diff --git a/include/linux/init_task.h b/include/linux/init_task.h
index b5315150199e9528bbfa1b5fcfe64b669b199058..6383d2d83bb0c5b12e233c5fbfe53e6e47c49578 100644
--- a/include/linux/init_task.h
+++ b/include/linux/init_task.h
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ extern struct nsproxy init_nsproxy;
 	.pid_ns		= &init_pid_ns,					\
 	.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 fdfb0e44912f1ce68794e52f6ca5cf5756f45ae7..0b9f0dc30d6114a1f5177a7fde829d2199137172 100644
--- a/include/linux/nsproxy.h
+++ b/include/linux/nsproxy.h
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ struct pid_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 e2ce748e96afaca08cf0e5b2821d4cf6e8cab823..f5b9ee6f6bbb02733cef1e64fabe4dc521efc767 100644
--- a/kernel/nsproxy.c
+++ b/kernel/nsproxy.c
@@ -46,10 +46,8 @@ 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;
 }