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diff --git a/kernel/user_namespace.c b/kernel/user_namespace.c
index 79084311ee57..076c7c8215b0 100644
--- a/kernel/user_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/user_namespace.c
@@ -60,12 +60,25 @@ int create_user_ns(struct cred *new)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void free_user_ns(struct kref *kref)
+/*
+ * Deferred destructor for a user namespace.  This is required because
+ * free_user_ns() may be called with uidhash_lock held, but we need to call
+ * back to free_uid() which will want to take the lock again.
+ */
+static void free_user_ns_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct user_namespace *ns;
-
-	ns = container_of(kref, struct user_namespace, kref);
+	struct user_namespace *ns =
+		container_of(work, struct user_namespace, destroyer);
 	free_uid(ns->creator);
 	kfree(ns);
 }
+
+void free_user_ns(struct kref *kref)
+{
+	struct user_namespace *ns =
+		container_of(kref, struct user_namespace, kref);
+
+	INIT_WORK(&ns->destroyer, free_user_ns_work);
+	schedule_work(&ns->destroyer);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_user_ns);