diff --git a/include/linux/capability.h b/include/linux/capability.h
index 16ee8b4..d4675af 100644
--- a/include/linux/capability.h
+++ b/include/linux/capability.h
@@ -546,18 +546,7 @@
 extern bool capable(int cap);
 extern bool ns_capable(struct user_namespace *ns, int cap);
 extern bool task_ns_capable(struct task_struct *t, int cap);
-
-/**
- * nsown_capable - Check superior capability to one's own user_ns
- * @cap: The capability in question
- *
- * Return true if the current task has the given superior capability
- * targeted at its own user namespace.
- */
-static inline bool nsown_capable(int cap)
-{
-	return ns_capable(current_user_ns(), cap);
-}
+extern bool nsown_capable(int cap);
 
 /* audit system wants to get cap info from files as well */
 extern int get_vfs_caps_from_disk(const struct dentry *dentry, struct cpu_vfs_cap_data *cpu_caps);
diff --git a/include/linux/cred.h b/include/linux/cred.h
index 9aeeb0b..be16b61 100644
--- a/include/linux/cred.h
+++ b/include/linux/cred.h
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@
 	void		*security;	/* subjective LSM security */
 #endif
 	struct user_struct *user;	/* real user ID subscription */
+	struct user_namespace *user_ns; /* cached user->user_ns */
 	struct group_info *group_info;	/* supplementary groups for euid/fsgid */
 	struct rcu_head	rcu;		/* RCU deletion hook */
 };
@@ -354,10 +355,15 @@
 #define current_fsgid() 	(current_cred_xxx(fsgid))
 #define current_cap()		(current_cred_xxx(cap_effective))
 #define current_user()		(current_cred_xxx(user))
-#define _current_user_ns()	(current_cred_xxx(user)->user_ns)
 #define current_security()	(current_cred_xxx(security))
 
-extern struct user_namespace *current_user_ns(void);
+#ifdef CONFIG_USER_NS
+#define current_user_ns() (current_cred_xxx(user_ns))
+#else
+extern struct user_namespace init_user_ns;
+#define current_user_ns() (&init_user_ns)
+#endif
+
 
 #define current_uid_gid(_uid, _gid)		\
 do {						\
diff --git a/kernel/capability.c b/kernel/capability.c
index bf0c734..32a80e0 100644
--- a/kernel/capability.c
+++ b/kernel/capability.c
@@ -399,3 +399,15 @@
 	return ns_capable(task_cred_xxx(t, user)->user_ns, cap);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(task_ns_capable);
+
+/**
+ * nsown_capable - Check superior capability to one's own user_ns
+ * @cap: The capability in question
+ *
+ * Return true if the current task has the given superior capability
+ * targeted at its own user namespace.
+ */
+bool nsown_capable(int cap)
+{
+	return ns_capable(current_user_ns(), cap);
+}
diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index 5557b55..8093c16 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 	.cap_effective		= CAP_INIT_EFF_SET,
 	.cap_bset		= CAP_INIT_BSET,
 	.user			= INIT_USER,
+	.user_ns		= &init_user_ns,
 	.group_info		= &init_groups,
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
 	.tgcred			= &init_tgcred,
@@ -410,6 +411,11 @@
 			goto error_put;
 	}
 
+	/* cache user_ns in cred.  Doesn't need a refcount because it will
+	 * stay pinned by cred->user
+	 */
+	new->user_ns = new->user->user_ns;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
 	/* new threads get their own thread keyrings if their parent already
 	 * had one */
@@ -741,12 +747,6 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_create_files_as);
 
-struct user_namespace *current_user_ns(void)
-{
-	return _current_user_ns();
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(current_user_ns);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_CREDENTIALS
 
 bool creds_are_invalid(const struct cred *cred)