diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 66d921e..55442a6 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 
 static inline int check_mnt(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
-	return mnt->mnt_namespace == current->namespace;
+	return mnt->mnt_namespace == current->nsproxy->namespace;
 }
 
 static void touch_namespace(struct namespace *ns)
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@
 	if (parent_nd) {
 		detach_mnt(source_mnt, parent_nd);
 		attach_mnt(source_mnt, nd);
-		touch_namespace(current->namespace);
+		touch_namespace(current->nsproxy->namespace);
 	} else {
 		mnt_set_mountpoint(dest_mnt, dest_dentry, source_mnt);
 		commit_tree(source_mnt);
@@ -1441,7 +1441,7 @@
  */
 struct namespace *dup_namespace(struct task_struct *tsk, struct fs_struct *fs)
 {
-	struct namespace *namespace = tsk->namespace;
+	struct namespace *namespace = tsk->nsproxy->namespace;
 	struct namespace *new_ns;
 	struct vfsmount *rootmnt = NULL, *pwdmnt = NULL, *altrootmnt = NULL;
 	struct vfsmount *p, *q;
@@ -1508,7 +1508,7 @@
 
 int copy_namespace(int flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
-	struct namespace *namespace = tsk->namespace;
+	struct namespace *namespace = tsk->nsproxy->namespace;
 	struct namespace *new_ns;
 	int err = 0;
 
@@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	tsk->namespace = new_ns;
+	tsk->nsproxy->namespace = new_ns;
 
 out:
 	put_namespace(namespace);
@@ -1754,7 +1754,7 @@
 	detach_mnt(user_nd.mnt, &root_parent);
 	attach_mnt(user_nd.mnt, &old_nd);     /* mount old root on put_old */
 	attach_mnt(new_nd.mnt, &root_parent); /* mount new_root on / */
-	touch_namespace(current->namespace);
+	touch_namespace(current->nsproxy->namespace);
 	spin_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
 	chroot_fs_refs(&user_nd, &new_nd);
 	security_sb_post_pivotroot(&user_nd, &new_nd);
@@ -1780,7 +1780,6 @@
 {
 	struct vfsmount *mnt;
 	struct namespace *namespace;
-	struct task_struct *g, *p;
 
 	mnt = do_kern_mount("rootfs", 0, "rootfs", NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(mnt))
@@ -1796,13 +1795,8 @@
 	namespace->root = mnt;
 	mnt->mnt_namespace = namespace;
 
-	init_task.namespace = namespace;
-	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
-	do_each_thread(g, p) {
-		get_namespace(namespace);
-		p->namespace = namespace;
-	} while_each_thread(g, p);
-	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+	init_task.nsproxy->namespace = namespace;
+	get_namespace(namespace);
 
 	set_fs_pwd(current->fs, namespace->root, namespace->root->mnt_root);
 	set_fs_root(current->fs, namespace->root, namespace->root->mnt_root);
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 9c6a809..6d00ccc 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 #include <linux/cpuset.h>
 #include <linux/audit.h>
 #include <linux/poll.h>
+#include <linux/nsproxy.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
 /* NOTE:
@@ -473,7 +474,7 @@
 
 	if (task) {
 		task_lock(task);
-		namespace = task->namespace;
+		namespace = task->nsproxy->namespace;
 		if (namespace)
 			get_namespace(namespace);
 		task_unlock(task);
@@ -544,7 +545,7 @@
 
 		if (task) {
 			task_lock(task);
-			namespace = task->namespace;
+			namespace = task->nsproxy->namespace;
 			if (namespace)
 				get_namespace(namespace);
 			task_unlock(task);
diff --git a/include/linux/init_task.h b/include/linux/init_task.h
index 8f8bb42..4865348 100644
--- a/include/linux/init_task.h
+++ b/include/linux/init_task.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 #define INIT_NSPROXY(nsproxy) {						\
 	.count		= ATOMIC_INIT(1),				\
 	.nslock		= SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED,				\
+	.namespace	= NULL,						\
 }
 
 #define INIT_SIGHAND(sighand) {						\
diff --git a/include/linux/namespace.h b/include/linux/namespace.h
index 3abc8e3..d137009 100644
--- a/include/linux/namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/namespace.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/nsproxy.h>
 
 struct namespace {
 	atomic_t		count;
@@ -26,11 +27,8 @@
 
 static inline void exit_namespace(struct task_struct *p)
 {
-	struct namespace *namespace = p->namespace;
+	struct namespace *namespace = p->nsproxy->namespace;
 	if (namespace) {
-		task_lock(p);
-		p->namespace = NULL;
-		task_unlock(p);
 		put_namespace(namespace);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/nsproxy.h b/include/linux/nsproxy.h
index 7bdebfa..7ebe666 100644
--- a/include/linux/nsproxy.h
+++ b/include/linux/nsproxy.h
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 
+struct namespace;
+
 /*
  * A structure to contain pointers to all per-process
  * namespaces - fs (mount), uts, network, sysvipc, etc.
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@
 struct nsproxy {
 	atomic_t count;
 	spinlock_t nslock;
+	struct namespace *namespace;
 };
 extern struct nsproxy init_nsproxy;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 4fa631f..670b89a 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@
 extern signed long schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(signed long timeout);
 asmlinkage void schedule(void);
 
-struct namespace;
 struct nsproxy;
 
 /* Maximum number of active map areas.. This is a random (large) number */
@@ -897,8 +896,7 @@
 	struct fs_struct *fs;
 /* open file information */
 	struct files_struct *files;
-/* namespace */
-	struct namespace *namespace;
+/* namespaces */
 	struct nsproxy *nsproxy;
 /* signal handlers */
 	struct signal_struct *signal;
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 1d0e9ea..741bbe4 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -399,11 +399,8 @@
 	current->fs = fs;
 	atomic_inc(&fs->count);
 
-	exit_namespace(current);
 	exit_task_namespaces(current);
-	current->namespace = init_task.namespace;
 	current->nsproxy = init_task.nsproxy;
-	get_namespace(current->namespace);
 	get_task_namespaces(current);
 
  	exit_files(current);
@@ -923,7 +920,6 @@
 	exit_sem(tsk);
 	__exit_files(tsk);
 	__exit_fs(tsk);
-	exit_namespace(tsk);
 	exit_task_namespaces(tsk);
 	exit_thread();
 	cpuset_exit(tsk);
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index c9e660a..33fcf07 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1119,11 +1119,9 @@
 		goto bad_fork_cleanup_mm;
 	if ((retval = copy_namespaces(clone_flags, p)))
 		goto bad_fork_cleanup_keys;
-	if ((retval = copy_namespace(clone_flags, p)))
-		goto bad_fork_cleanup_namespaces;
 	retval = copy_thread(0, clone_flags, stack_start, stack_size, p, regs);
 	if (retval)
-		goto bad_fork_cleanup_namespace;
+		goto bad_fork_cleanup_namespaces;
 
 	p->set_child_tid = (clone_flags & CLONE_CHILD_SETTID) ? child_tidptr : NULL;
 	/*
@@ -1215,7 +1213,7 @@
 		spin_unlock(&current->sighand->siglock);
 		write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 		retval = -ERESTARTNOINTR;
-		goto bad_fork_cleanup_namespace;
+		goto bad_fork_cleanup_namespaces;
 	}
 
 	if (clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD) {
@@ -1263,8 +1261,6 @@
 	proc_fork_connector(p);
 	return p;
 
-bad_fork_cleanup_namespace:
-	exit_namespace(p);
 bad_fork_cleanup_namespaces:
 	exit_task_namespaces(p);
 bad_fork_cleanup_keys:
@@ -1519,10 +1515,9 @@
  */
 static int unshare_namespace(unsigned long unshare_flags, struct namespace **new_nsp, struct fs_struct *new_fs)
 {
-	struct namespace *ns = current->namespace;
+	struct namespace *ns = current->nsproxy->namespace;
 
-	if ((unshare_flags & CLONE_NEWNS) &&
-	    (ns && atomic_read(&ns->count) > 1)) {
+	if ((unshare_flags & CLONE_NEWNS) && ns) {
 		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 			return -EPERM;
 
@@ -1655,8 +1650,8 @@
 		}
 
 		if (new_ns) {
-			ns = current->namespace;
-			current->namespace = new_ns;
+			ns = current->nsproxy->namespace;
+			current->nsproxy->namespace = new_ns;
 			new_ns = ns;
 		}
 
diff --git a/kernel/nsproxy.c b/kernel/nsproxy.c
index a3612f8..e10385c 100644
--- a/kernel/nsproxy.c
+++ b/kernel/nsproxy.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/version.h>
 #include <linux/nsproxy.h>
 #include <linux/init_task.h>
+#include <linux/namespace.h>
 
 struct nsproxy init_nsproxy = INIT_NSPROXY(init_nsproxy);
 
@@ -55,6 +56,11 @@
 {
 	struct nsproxy *ns = clone_namespaces(orig);
 
+	if (ns) {
+		if (ns->namespace)
+			get_namespace(ns->namespace);
+	}
+
 	return ns;
 }
 
@@ -65,16 +71,40 @@
 int copy_namespaces(int flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
 	struct nsproxy *old_ns = tsk->nsproxy;
+	struct nsproxy *new_ns;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	if (!old_ns)
 		return 0;
 
 	get_nsproxy(old_ns);
 
-	return 0;
+	if (!(flags & CLONE_NEWNS))
+		return 0;
+
+	new_ns = clone_namespaces(old_ns);
+	if (!new_ns) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	tsk->nsproxy = new_ns;
+
+	err = copy_namespace(flags, tsk);
+	if (err) {
+		tsk->nsproxy = old_ns;
+		put_nsproxy(new_ns);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+out:
+	put_nsproxy(old_ns);
+	return err;
 }
 
 void free_nsproxy(struct nsproxy *ns)
 {
+		if (ns->namespace)
+			put_namespace(ns->namespace);
 		kfree(ns);
 }