1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/ipc/namespace.c b/ipc/namespace.c
index 4a5e752a9276..a56fc598a807 100644
--- a/ipc/namespace.c
+++ b/ipc/namespace.c
@@ -50,15 +50,11 @@ struct ipc_namespace *copy_ipcs(unsigned long flags, struct ipc_namespace *ns)
 {
         struct ipc_namespace *new_ns;
 
-        BUG_ON(!ns);
-        get_ipc_ns(ns);
-
         if (!(flags & CLONE_NEWIPC))
-                return ns;
+                return get_ipc_ns(ns);
 
         new_ns = clone_ipc_ns(ns);
 
-        put_ipc_ns(ns);
         return new_ns;
 }