diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index 6970f55daf54..21200e3005e4 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -2795,7 +2795,8 @@ static void lock_get_status(struct seq_file *f, struct file_lock *fl,
 {
 	struct inode *inode = NULL;
 	unsigned int fl_pid;
-	struct pid_namespace *proc_pidns = file_inode(f->file)->i_sb->s_fs_info;
+	struct proc_fs_info *fs_info = proc_sb_info(file_inode(f->file)->i_sb);
+	struct pid_namespace *proc_pidns = fs_info->pid_ns;
 
 	fl_pid = locks_translate_pid(fl, proc_pidns);
 	/*
@@ -2873,7 +2874,8 @@ static int locks_show(struct seq_file *f, void *v)
 {
 	struct locks_iterator *iter = f->private;
 	struct file_lock *fl, *bfl;
-	struct pid_namespace *proc_pidns = file_inode(f->file)->i_sb->s_fs_info;
+	struct proc_fs_info *fs_info = proc_sb_info(file_inode(f->file)->i_sb);
+	struct pid_namespace *proc_pidns = fs_info->pid_ns;
 
 	fl = hlist_entry(v, struct file_lock, fl_link);
 
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index ebea9501afb8..672e71c52dbd 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -3243,6 +3243,7 @@ struct dentry *proc_pid_lookup(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct task_struct *task;
 	unsigned tgid;
+	struct proc_fs_info *fs_info;
 	struct pid_namespace *ns;
 	struct dentry *result = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 
@@ -3250,7 +3251,8 @@ struct dentry *proc_pid_lookup(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 	if (tgid == ~0U)
 		goto out;
 
-	ns = dentry->d_sb->s_fs_info;
+	fs_info = proc_sb_info(dentry->d_sb);
+	ns = fs_info->pid_ns;
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	task = find_task_by_pid_ns(tgid, ns);
 	if (task)
@@ -3538,6 +3540,7 @@ static struct dentry *proc_task_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry * dentry
 	struct task_struct *task;
 	struct task_struct *leader = get_proc_task(dir);
 	unsigned tid;
+	struct proc_fs_info *fs_info;
 	struct pid_namespace *ns;
 	struct dentry *result = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 
@@ -3548,7 +3551,8 @@ static struct dentry *proc_task_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry * dentry
 	if (tid == ~0U)
 		goto out;
 
-	ns = dentry->d_sb->s_fs_info;
+	fs_info = proc_sb_info(dentry->d_sb);
+	ns = fs_info->pid_ns;
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	task = find_task_by_pid_ns(tid, ns);
 	if (task)
diff --git a/fs/proc/inode.c b/fs/proc/inode.c
index dbe43a50caf2..b631608dfbcc 100644
--- a/fs/proc/inode.c
+++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ void __init proc_init_kmemcache(void)
 
 static int proc_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct dentry *root)
 {
-	struct super_block *sb = root->d_sb;
-	struct pid_namespace *pid = sb->s_fs_info;
+	struct proc_fs_info *fs_info = proc_sb_info(root->d_sb);
+	struct pid_namespace *pid = fs_info->pid_ns;
 
 	if (!gid_eq(pid->pid_gid, GLOBAL_ROOT_GID))
 		seq_printf(seq, ",gid=%u", from_kgid_munged(&init_user_ns, pid->pid_gid));
diff --git a/fs/proc/root.c b/fs/proc/root.c
index 0b7c8dffc9ae..d449f095f0f7 100644
--- a/fs/proc/root.c
+++ b/fs/proc/root.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "internal.h"
 
 struct proc_fs_context {
-	struct pid_namespace	*pid_ns;
+	struct proc_fs_info	*fs_info;
 	unsigned int		mask;
 	int			hidepid;
 	int			gid;
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ static void proc_apply_options(struct super_block *s,
 
 static int proc_fill_super(struct super_block *s, struct fs_context *fc)
 {
-	struct pid_namespace *pid_ns = get_pid_ns(s->s_fs_info);
+	struct proc_fs_context *ctx = fc->fs_private;
+	struct pid_namespace *pid_ns = get_pid_ns(ctx->fs_info->pid_ns);
 	struct inode *root_inode;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -145,7 +146,8 @@ static int proc_fill_super(struct super_block *s, struct fs_context *fc)
 static int proc_reconfigure(struct fs_context *fc)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = fc->root->d_sb;
-	struct pid_namespace *pid = sb->s_fs_info;
+	struct proc_fs_info *fs_info = proc_sb_info(sb);
+	struct pid_namespace *pid = fs_info->pid_ns;
 
 	sync_filesystem(sb);
 
@@ -157,14 +159,14 @@ static int proc_get_tree(struct fs_context *fc)
 {
 	struct proc_fs_context *ctx = fc->fs_private;
 
-	return get_tree_keyed(fc, proc_fill_super, ctx->pid_ns);
+	return get_tree_keyed(fc, proc_fill_super, ctx->fs_info);
 }
 
 static void proc_fs_context_free(struct fs_context *fc)
 {
 	struct proc_fs_context *ctx = fc->fs_private;
 
-	put_pid_ns(ctx->pid_ns);
+	put_pid_ns(ctx->fs_info->pid_ns);
 	kfree(ctx);
 }
 
@@ -178,14 +180,27 @@ static const struct fs_context_operations proc_fs_context_ops = {
 static int proc_init_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc)
 {
 	struct proc_fs_context *ctx;
+	struct pid_namespace *pid_ns;
 
 	ctx = kzalloc(sizeof(struct proc_fs_context), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ctx)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	ctx->pid_ns = get_pid_ns(task_active_pid_ns(current));
+	pid_ns = get_pid_ns(task_active_pid_ns(current));
+
+	if (!pid_ns->proc_mnt) {
+		ctx->fs_info = kzalloc(sizeof(struct proc_fs_info), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!ctx->fs_info) {
+			kfree(ctx);
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+		ctx->fs_info->pid_ns = pid_ns;
+	} else {
+		ctx->fs_info = proc_sb_info(pid_ns->proc_mnt->mnt_sb);
+	}
+
 	put_user_ns(fc->user_ns);
-	fc->user_ns = get_user_ns(ctx->pid_ns->user_ns);
+	fc->user_ns = get_user_ns(ctx->fs_info->pid_ns->user_ns);
 	fc->fs_private = ctx;
 	fc->ops = &proc_fs_context_ops;
 	return 0;
@@ -193,15 +208,15 @@ static int proc_init_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc)
 
 static void proc_kill_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 {
-	struct pid_namespace *ns;
+	struct proc_fs_info *fs_info = proc_sb_info(sb);
 
-	ns = (struct pid_namespace *)sb->s_fs_info;
-	if (ns->proc_self)
-		dput(ns->proc_self);
-	if (ns->proc_thread_self)
-		dput(ns->proc_thread_self);
+	if (fs_info->pid_ns->proc_self)
+		dput(fs_info->pid_ns->proc_self);
+	if (fs_info->pid_ns->proc_thread_self)
+		dput(fs_info->pid_ns->proc_thread_self);
 	kill_anon_super(sb);
-	put_pid_ns(ns);
+	put_pid_ns(fs_info->pid_ns);
+	kfree(fs_info);
 }
 
 static struct file_system_type proc_fs_type = {
@@ -314,10 +329,10 @@ int pid_ns_prepare_proc(struct pid_namespace *ns)
 	}
 
 	ctx = fc->fs_private;
-	if (ctx->pid_ns != ns) {
-		put_pid_ns(ctx->pid_ns);
+	if (ctx->fs_info->pid_ns != ns) {
+		put_pid_ns(ctx->fs_info->pid_ns);
 		get_pid_ns(ns);
-		ctx->pid_ns = ns;
+		ctx->fs_info->pid_ns = ns;
 	}
 
 	mnt = fc_mount(fc);
diff --git a/include/linux/proc_fs.h b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
index a705aa2d03f9..2d79489e55aa 100644
--- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ struct proc_dir_entry;
 struct seq_file;
 struct seq_operations;
 
+struct proc_fs_info {
+	struct pid_namespace *pid_ns;
+};
+
+static inline struct proc_fs_info *proc_sb_info(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	return sb->s_fs_info;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 
 typedef int (*proc_write_t)(struct file *, char *, size_t);
@@ -146,7 +155,7 @@ int open_related_ns(struct ns_common *ns,
 /* get the associated pid namespace for a file in procfs */
 static inline struct pid_namespace *proc_pid_ns(const struct inode *inode)
 {
-	return inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
+	return proc_sb_info(inode->i_sb)->pid_ns;
 }
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_PROC_FS_H */
