diff --git a/fs/proc/root.c b/fs/proc/root.c
index ef9fa8e24ad6..e5e2bfa7a03b 100644
--- a/fs/proc/root.c
+++ b/fs/proc/root.c
@@ -43,17 +43,6 @@ static struct dentry *proc_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 	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 @@ static struct dentry *proc_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 			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);
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 17aed4378eda..457fff2e17e0 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1187,12 +1187,6 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 		pid = alloc_pid(p->nsproxy->pid_ns);
 		if (!pid)
 			goto bad_fork_cleanup_io;
-
-		if (clone_flags & CLONE_NEWPID) {
-			retval = pid_ns_prepare_proc(p->nsproxy->pid_ns);
-			if (retval < 0)
-				goto bad_fork_free_pid;
-		}
 	}
 
 	p->pid = pid_nr(pid);
diff --git a/kernel/pid_namespace.c b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
index a5aff94e1f0b..e9c9adc84ca6 100644
--- a/kernel/pid_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/acct.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 
 #define BITS_PER_PAGE		(PAGE_SIZE*8)
 
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ static struct pid_namespace *create_pid_namespace(struct pid_namespace *parent_p
 {
 	struct pid_namespace *ns;
 	unsigned int level = parent_pid_ns->level + 1;
-	int i;
+	int i, err = -ENOMEM;
 
 	ns = kmem_cache_zalloc(pid_ns_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (ns == NULL)
@@ -96,14 +97,20 @@ static struct pid_namespace *create_pid_namespace(struct pid_namespace *parent_p
 	for (i = 1; i < PIDMAP_ENTRIES; i++)
 		atomic_set(&ns->pidmap[i].nr_free, BITS_PER_PAGE);
 
+	err = pid_ns_prepare_proc(ns);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_put_parent_pid_ns;
+
 	return ns;
 
+out_put_parent_pid_ns:
+	put_pid_ns(parent_pid_ns);
 out_free_map:
 	kfree(ns->pidmap[0].page);
 out_free:
 	kmem_cache_free(pid_ns_cachep, ns);
 out:
-	return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
 static void destroy_pid_namespace(struct pid_namespace *ns)