diff --git a/kernel/acct.c b/kernel/acct.c
index 7fc9f9dd1e9e9ded263bc3261db4796cf500f54b..0feba97e114e4025040e8c73f5accb133c9a4f03 100644
--- a/kernel/acct.c
+++ b/kernel/acct.c
@@ -631,15 +631,9 @@ void acct_collect(long exitcode, int group_dead)
 	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
 }
 
-/**
- * acct_process - now just a wrapper around do_acct_process
- *
- * handles process accounting for an exiting task
- */
-void acct_process(void)
+static void acct_process_in_ns(struct pid_namespace *ns)
 {
 	struct file *file = NULL;
-	struct pid_namespace *ns = task_active_pid_ns(current);
 	struct bsd_acct_struct *acct;
 
 	acct = ns->bacct;
@@ -661,3 +655,16 @@ void acct_process(void)
 	do_acct_process(acct, ns, file);
 	fput(file);
 }
+
+/**
+ * acct_process - now just a wrapper around do_acct_process
+ *
+ * handles process accounting for an exiting task
+ */
+void acct_process(void)
+{
+	struct pid_namespace *ns;
+
+	for (ns = task_active_pid_ns(current); ns != NULL; ns = ns->parent)
+		acct_process_in_ns(ns);
+}