diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index b65871600507..35dacbda85db 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -2453,7 +2453,7 @@ static int unshare_fs(unsigned long unshare_flags, struct fs_struct **new_fsp)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* don't need lock here; in the worst case we'll do useless copy */
-	if (fs->users == 1)
+	if (!(unshare_flags & CLONE_NEWNS) && fs->users == 1)
 		return 0;
 
 	*new_fsp = copy_fs_struct(fs);