diff --git a/fs/proc/root.c b/fs/proc/root.c
index ef9fa8e..e5e2bfa 100644
--- a/fs/proc/root.c
+++ b/fs/proc/root.c
@@ -43,17 +43,6 @@
 	struct pid_namespace *ns;
 	struct proc_inode *ei;
 
-	if (proc_mnt) {
-		/* Seed the root directory with a pid so it doesn't need
-		 * to be special in base.c.  I would do this earlier but
-		 * the only task alive when /proc is mounted the first time
-		 * is the init_task and it doesn't have any pids.
-		 */
-		ei = PROC_I(proc_mnt->mnt_sb->s_root->d_inode);
-		if (!ei->pid)
-			ei->pid = find_get_pid(1);
-	}
-
 	if (flags & MS_KERNMOUNT)
 		ns = (struct pid_namespace *)data;
 	else
@@ -71,16 +60,16 @@
 			return ERR_PTR(err);
 		}
 
-		ei = PROC_I(sb->s_root->d_inode);
-		if (!ei->pid) {
-			rcu_read_lock();
-			ei->pid = get_pid(find_pid_ns(1, ns));
-			rcu_read_unlock();
-		}
-
 		sb->s_flags |= MS_ACTIVE;
 	}
 
+	ei = PROC_I(sb->s_root->d_inode);
+	if (!ei->pid) {
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		ei->pid = get_pid(find_pid_ns(1, ns));
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+	}
+
 	return dget(sb->s_root);
 }