diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index fd999ca..be5e56b 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1441,10 +1441,9 @@
  * Allocate a new namespace structure and populate it with contents
  * copied from the namespace of the passed in task structure.
  */
-struct mnt_namespace *dup_mnt_ns(struct task_struct *tsk,
+static struct mnt_namespace *dup_mnt_ns(struct mnt_namespace *mnt_ns,
 		struct fs_struct *fs)
 {
-	struct mnt_namespace *mnt_ns = tsk->nsproxy->mnt_ns;
 	struct mnt_namespace *new_ns;
 	struct vfsmount *rootmnt = NULL, *pwdmnt = NULL, *altrootmnt = NULL;
 	struct vfsmount *p, *q;
@@ -1509,36 +1508,21 @@
 	return new_ns;
 }
 
-int copy_mnt_ns(int flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
+struct mnt_namespace *copy_mnt_ns(int flags, struct mnt_namespace *ns,
+		struct fs_struct *new_fs)
 {
-	struct mnt_namespace *ns = tsk->nsproxy->mnt_ns;
 	struct mnt_namespace *new_ns;
-	int err = 0;
 
-	if (!ns)
-		return 0;
-
+	BUG_ON(!ns);
 	get_mnt_ns(ns);
 
 	if (!(flags & CLONE_NEWNS))
-		return 0;
+		return ns;
 
-	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
-		err = -EPERM;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	new_ns = dup_mnt_ns(ns, new_fs);
 
-	new_ns = dup_mnt_ns(tsk, tsk->fs);
-	if (!new_ns) {
-		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	tsk->nsproxy->mnt_ns = new_ns;
-
-out:
 	put_mnt_ns(ns);
-	return err;
+	return new_ns;
 }
 
 asmlinkage long sys_mount(char __user * dev_name, char __user * dir_name,