1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/user_namespace.c b/kernel/user_namespace.c
index 076c7c8215b0..b2d70d38dff4 100644
--- a/kernel/user_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/user_namespace.c
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ int create_user_ns(struct cred *new)
 #endif
         /* tgcred will be cleared in our caller bc CLONE_THREAD won't be set */
 
-        /* alloc_uid() incremented the userns refcount.  Just set it to 1 */
-        kref_set(&ns->kref, 1);
+        /* root_user holds a reference to ns, our reference can be dropped */
+        put_user_ns(ns);
 
         return 0;
 }