diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index d26f5e6d2ca3..f517002323e8 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -2055,9 +2055,15 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(oldumount, char __user *, name)
 
 static bool is_mnt_ns_file(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
+	struct ns_common *ns;
+
 	/* Is this a proxy for a mount namespace? */
-	return dentry->d_op == &ns_dentry_operations &&
-	       dentry->d_fsdata == &mntns_operations;
+	if (dentry->d_op != &ns_dentry_operations)
+		return false;
+
+	ns = d_inode(dentry)->i_private;
+
+	return ns->ops == &mntns_operations;
 }
 
 struct ns_common *from_mnt_ns(struct mnt_namespace *mnt)