diff --git a/include/linux/init_task.h b/include/linux/init_task.h
index e2c1ffcff62c..513bc3e489f0 100644
--- a/include/linux/init_task.h
+++ b/include/linux/init_task.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ extern struct nsproxy init_nsproxy;
 	.nslock		= __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(nsproxy.nslock),		\
 	.uts_ns		= &init_uts_ns,					\
 	.mnt_ns		= NULL,						\
-	.net_ns		= &init_net,					\
+	INIT_NET_NS(net_ns)                                             \
 	INIT_IPC_NS(ipc_ns)						\
 	.user_ns	= &init_user_ns,				\
 }
diff --git a/include/net/net_namespace.h b/include/net/net_namespace.h
index fac42db7f6d0..3081b6ed35fe 100644
--- a/include/net/net_namespace.h
+++ b/include/net/net_namespace.h
@@ -28,7 +28,14 @@ struct net {
 	struct hlist_head	*dev_index_head;
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET
+/* Init's network namespace */
 extern struct net init_net;
+#define INIT_NET_NS(net_ns) .net_ns = &init_net,
+#else
+#define INIT_NET_NS(net_ns)
+#endif
+
 extern struct list_head net_namespace_list;
 
 extern void __put_net(struct net *net);