diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 9621751..85fb3a1 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -18,6 +18,24 @@
 #include <linux/stat.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 
+/**
+ * kobject_namespace - return @kobj's namespace tag
+ * @kobj: kobject in question
+ *
+ * Returns namespace tag of @kobj if its parent has namespace ops enabled
+ * and thus @kobj should have a namespace tag associated with it.  Returns
+ * %NULL otherwise.
+ */
+const void *kobject_namespace(struct kobject *kobj)
+{
+	const struct kobj_ns_type_operations *ns_ops = kobj_ns_ops(kobj);
+
+	if (!ns_ops || ns_ops->type == KOBJ_NS_TYPE_NONE)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return kobj->ktype->namespace(kobj);
+}
+
 /*
  * populate_dir - populate directory with attributes.
  * @kobj: object we're working on.
@@ -46,8 +64,9 @@
 
 static int create_dir(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
-	int error = 0;
-	error = sysfs_create_dir(kobj);
+	int error;
+
+	error = sysfs_create_dir_ns(kobj, kobject_namespace(kobj));
 	if (!error) {
 		error = populate_dir(kobj);
 		if (error)
@@ -428,7 +447,7 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	error = sysfs_rename_dir(kobj, new_name);
+	error = sysfs_rename_dir_ns(kobj, new_name, kobject_namespace(kobj));
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -472,6 +491,7 @@
 		if (kobj->kset)
 			new_parent = kobject_get(&kobj->kset->kobj);
 	}
+
 	/* old object path */
 	devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!devpath) {
@@ -486,7 +506,7 @@
 	sprintf(devpath_string, "DEVPATH_OLD=%s", devpath);
 	envp[0] = devpath_string;
 	envp[1] = NULL;
-	error = sysfs_move_dir(kobj, new_parent);
+	error = sysfs_move_dir_ns(kobj, new_parent, kobject_namespace(kobj));
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 	old_parent = kobj->parent;