diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d971e8b1b84f..14db70fb1384 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 072ee3f9bd26a2f89a79d1eae9052d30b8d745a5
+refs/heads/master: ed160e839d2e1118529e58b04d52dba703ca629c
diff --git a/trunk/net/core/net_namespace.c b/trunk/net/core/net_namespace.c
index 3f6d37deac45..383252b50411 100644
--- a/trunk/net/core/net_namespace.c
+++ b/trunk/net/core/net_namespace.c
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ static int __init net_ns_init(void)
 
 pure_initcall(net_ns_init);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
 static int register_pernet_operations(struct list_head *list,
 				      struct pernet_operations *ops)
 {
@@ -228,6 +229,23 @@ static void unregister_pernet_operations(struct pernet_operations *ops)
 			ops->exit(net);
 }
 
+#else
+
+static int register_pernet_operations(struct list_head *list,
+				      struct pernet_operations *ops)
+{
+	if (ops->init == NULL)
+		return 0;
+	return ops->init(&init_net);
+}
+
+static void unregister_pernet_operations(struct pernet_operations *ops)
+{
+	if (ops->exit)
+		ops->exit(&init_net);
+}
+#endif
+
 /**
  *      register_pernet_subsys - register a network namespace subsystem
  *	@ops:  pernet operations structure for the subsystem