1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/seq_file.c b/fs/seq_file.c
index e85664b7c7d9..19f532e7d35e 100644
--- a/fs/seq_file.c
+++ b/fs/seq_file.c
@@ -72,9 +72,10 @@ int seq_open(struct file *file, const struct seq_operations *op)
 
         mutex_init(&p->lock);
         p->op = op;
-#ifdef CONFIG_USER_NS
-        p->user_ns = file->f_cred->user_ns;
-#endif
+
+        // No refcounting: the lifetime of 'p' is constrained
+        // to the lifetime of the file.
+        p->file = file;
 
         /*
          * Wrappers around seq_open(e.g. swaps_open) need to be