1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/user_namespace.h b/include/linux/user_namespace.h
index b9bd2e6c73cc..4ce009324933 100644
--- a/include/linux/user_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/user_namespace.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ struct user_namespace {
         struct uid_gid_map      uid_map;
         struct uid_gid_map      gid_map;
         struct uid_gid_map      projid_map;
-        struct kref             kref;
+        atomic_t                count;
         struct user_namespace   *parent;
         kuid_t                  owner;
         kgid_t                  group;
@@ -35,18 +35,18 @@ extern struct user_namespace init_user_ns;
 static inline struct user_namespace *get_user_ns(struct user_namespace *ns)
 {
         if (ns)
-                kref_get(&ns->kref);
+                atomic_inc(&ns->count);
         return ns;
 }
 
 extern int create_user_ns(struct cred *new);
 extern int unshare_userns(unsigned long unshare_flags, struct cred **new_cred);
-extern void free_user_ns(struct kref *kref);
+extern void free_user_ns(struct user_namespace *ns);
 
 static inline void put_user_ns(struct user_namespace *ns)
 {
-        if (ns)
-                kref_put(&ns->kref, free_user_ns);
+        if (ns && atomic_dec_and_test(&ns->count))
+                free_user_ns(ns);
 }
 
 struct seq_operations;