--- 5a2275c4ee79d8ad6b4432916af37e73982c92ea
+++ 5f42f30dd1682bdc2427e7b387390fe231ab305e
@@ -246,11 +246,7 @@ static struct notifier_block phonet_devi
 /* Per-namespace Phonet devices handling */
 static int phonet_init_net(struct net *net)
 {
-	struct phonet_net *pnn;
-
-	if (!net_eq(net, &init_net))
-		return 0;
-	pnn = kmalloc(sizeof(*pnn), GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct phonet_net *pnn = kmalloc(sizeof(*pnn), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pnn)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -267,13 +263,9 @@ static int phonet_init_net(struct net *n
 
 static void phonet_exit_net(struct net *net)
 {
-	struct phonet_net *pnn;
+	struct phonet_net *pnn = net_generic(net, phonet_net_id);
 	struct net_device *dev;
 
-	if (!net_eq(net, &init_net))
-		return;
-	pnn = net_generic(net, phonet_net_id);
-
 	rtnl_lock();
 	for_each_netdev(net, dev)
 		phonet_device_destroy(dev);