diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index a7bea8c8bd46..4a86b8595164 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -2222,16 +2222,9 @@ static void __init init_mount_tree(void)
 	mnt = do_kern_mount("rootfs", 0, "rootfs", NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(mnt))
 		panic("Can't create rootfs");
-	ns = kmalloc(sizeof(*ns), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ns)
+	ns = create_mnt_ns(mnt);
+	if (IS_ERR(ns))
 		panic("Can't allocate initial namespace");
-	atomic_set(&ns->count, 1);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ns->list);
-	init_waitqueue_head(&ns->poll);
-	ns->event = 0;
-	list_add(&mnt->mnt_list, &ns->list);
-	ns->root = mnt;
-	mnt->mnt_ns = ns;
 
 	init_task.nsproxy->mnt_ns = ns;
 	get_mnt_ns(ns);