diff --git a/include/linux/user_namespace.h b/include/linux/user_namespace.h
index a2c61457cba14b908bad8bfb52eac4abd612135f..4e72922e5a751c150386e4eb9f8e961ac1051d67 100644
--- a/include/linux/user_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/user_namespace.h
@@ -69,16 +69,4 @@ static inline void put_user_ns(struct user_namespace *ns)
 
 #endif
 
-static inline uid_t user_ns_map_uid(struct user_namespace *to,
-	const struct cred *cred, kuid_t uid)
-{
-	return from_kuid_munged(to, uid);
-}
-
-static inline gid_t user_ns_map_gid(struct user_namespace *to,
-	const struct cred *cred, kgid_t gid)
-{
-	return from_kgid_munged(to, gid);
-}
-
 #endif /* _LINUX_USER_H */
diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index b53cf3469d01b16d790fd6ebacf5cb0998241aad..b6a0d46fbad71ea84705a5d8644308398ea9cb9b 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -538,8 +538,7 @@ static void __do_notify(struct mqueue_inode_info *info)
 			rcu_read_lock();
 			sig_i.si_pid = task_tgid_nr_ns(current,
 						ns_of_pid(info->notify_owner));
-			sig_i.si_uid = user_ns_map_uid(info->notify_user_ns,
-						current_cred(), current_uid());
+			sig_i.si_uid = from_kuid_munged(info->notify_user_ns, current_uid());
 			rcu_read_unlock();
 
 			kill_pid_info(info->notify.sigev_signo,
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 2734dc965f69a6cc696f3269f0282eb48ef8914e..d6303277a6408dfe6944055c2ecf10459aa27e3f 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ static inline int legacy_queue(struct sigpending *signals, int sig)
 static inline uid_t map_cred_ns(const struct cred *cred,
 				struct user_namespace *ns)
 {
-	return user_ns_map_uid(ns, cred, cred->uid);
+	return from_kuid_munged(ns, cred->uid);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_USER_NS
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index b2e14c07d9205467f0a8d83af3fe6108d277a15f..e1ec8ba1381cf596d0065cd6429da2406232319f 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -821,8 +821,8 @@ void cred_to_ucred(struct pid *pid, const struct cred *cred,
 	if (cred) {
 		struct user_namespace *current_ns = current_user_ns();
 
-		ucred->uid = user_ns_map_uid(current_ns, cred, cred->euid);
-		ucred->gid = user_ns_map_gid(current_ns, cred, cred->egid);
+		ucred->uid = from_kuid(current_ns, cred->euid);
+		ucred->gid = from_kgid(current_ns, cred->egid);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cred_to_ucred);