diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 4edc3da..9efaf35 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
 };
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(rtnl_mutex);
-static struct sock *rtnl;
 
 void rtnl_lock(void)
 {
@@ -458,8 +457,9 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int rtnetlink_send(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, unsigned group, int echo)
+int rtnetlink_send(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net, u32 pid, unsigned group, int echo)
 {
+	struct sock *rtnl = net->rtnl;
 	int err = 0;
 
 	NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group = group;
@@ -471,14 +471,17 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-int rtnl_unicast(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid)
+int rtnl_unicast(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net, u32 pid)
 {
+	struct sock *rtnl = net->rtnl;
+
 	return nlmsg_unicast(rtnl, skb, pid);
 }
 
-int rtnl_notify(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, u32 group,
+int rtnl_notify(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net, u32 pid, u32 group,
 		struct nlmsghdr *nlh, gfp_t flags)
 {
+	struct sock *rtnl = net->rtnl;
 	int report = 0;
 
 	if (nlh)
@@ -487,8 +490,10 @@
 	return nlmsg_notify(rtnl, skb, pid, group, report, flags);
 }
 
-void rtnl_set_sk_err(u32 group, int error)
+void rtnl_set_sk_err(struct net *net, u32 group, int error)
 {
+	struct sock *rtnl = net->rtnl;
+
 	netlink_set_err(rtnl, 0, group, error);
 }
 
@@ -1201,7 +1206,7 @@
 		kfree_skb(nskb);
 		goto errout;
 	}
-	err = rtnl_unicast(nskb, NETLINK_CB(skb).pid);
+	err = rtnl_unicast(nskb, net, NETLINK_CB(skb).pid);
 errout:
 	dev_put(dev);
 
@@ -1252,10 +1257,10 @@
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		goto errout;
 	}
-	err = rtnl_notify(skb, 0, RTNLGRP_LINK, NULL, GFP_KERNEL);
+	err = rtnl_notify(skb, &init_net, 0, RTNLGRP_LINK, NULL, GFP_KERNEL);
 errout:
 	if (err < 0)
-		rtnl_set_sk_err(RTNLGRP_LINK, err);
+		rtnl_set_sk_err(&init_net, RTNLGRP_LINK, err);
 }
 
 /* Protected by RTNL sempahore.  */
@@ -1266,6 +1271,7 @@
 
 static int rtnetlink_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 {
+	struct net *net = skb->sk->sk_net;
 	rtnl_doit_func doit;
 	int sz_idx, kind;
 	int min_len;
@@ -1294,6 +1300,7 @@
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	if (kind == 2 && nlh->nlmsg_flags&NLM_F_DUMP) {
+		struct sock *rtnl;
 		rtnl_dumpit_func dumpit;
 
 		dumpit = rtnl_get_dumpit(family, type);
@@ -1301,6 +1308,7 @@
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 		__rtnl_unlock();
+		rtnl = net->rtnl;
 		err = netlink_dump_start(rtnl, skb, nlh, dumpit, NULL);
 		rtnl_lock();
 		return err;
@@ -1373,6 +1381,40 @@
 	.notifier_call	= rtnetlink_event,
 };
 
+
+static int rtnetlink_net_init(struct net *net)
+{
+	struct sock *sk;
+	sk = netlink_kernel_create(net, NETLINK_ROUTE, RTNLGRP_MAX,
+				   rtnetlink_rcv, &rtnl_mutex, THIS_MODULE);
+	if (!sk)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/* Don't hold an extra reference on the namespace */
+	put_net(sk->sk_net);
+	net->rtnl = sk;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void rtnetlink_net_exit(struct net *net)
+{
+	struct sock *sk = net->rtnl;
+	if (sk) {
+		/* At the last minute lie and say this is a socket for the
+		 * initial network namespace.  So the socket will be safe to
+		 * free.
+		 */
+		sk->sk_net = get_net(&init_net);
+		sock_put(sk);
+		net->rtnl = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+static struct pernet_operations rtnetlink_net_ops = {
+	.init = rtnetlink_net_init,
+	.exit = rtnetlink_net_exit,
+};
+
 void __init rtnetlink_init(void)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -1385,10 +1427,9 @@
 	if (!rta_buf)
 		panic("rtnetlink_init: cannot allocate rta_buf\n");
 
-	rtnl = netlink_kernel_create(&init_net, NETLINK_ROUTE, RTNLGRP_MAX,
-				     rtnetlink_rcv, &rtnl_mutex, THIS_MODULE);
-	if (rtnl == NULL)
+	if (register_pernet_subsys(&rtnetlink_net_ops))
 		panic("rtnetlink_init: cannot initialize rtnetlink\n");
+
 	netlink_set_nonroot(NETLINK_ROUTE, NL_NONROOT_RECV);
 	register_netdevice_notifier(&rtnetlink_dev_notifier);