1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/dns_resolver/dns_key.c b/net/dns_resolver/dns_key.c
index fa000d26dc60..c73bba326d70 100644
--- a/net/dns_resolver/dns_key.c
+++ b/net/dns_resolver/dns_key.c
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ static int __init init_dns_resolver(void)
 
         /* instruct request_key() to use this special keyring as a cache for
          * the results it looks up */
+        set_bit(KEY_FLAG_ROOT_CAN_CLEAR, &keyring->flags);
         cred->thread_keyring = keyring;
         cred->jit_keyring = KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_THREAD_KEYRING;
         dns_resolver_cache = cred;