return NULL;
 }
 
-static struct pid_namespace *create_pid_namespace(unsigned int level)
+static struct pid_namespace *create_pid_namespace(struct pid_namespace *parent_pid_ns)
 {
        struct pid_namespace *ns;
+       unsigned int level = parent_pid_ns->level + 1;
        int i;
 
        ns = kmem_cache_zalloc(pid_ns_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 
        kref_init(&ns->kref);
        ns->level = level;
+       ns->parent = get_pid_ns(parent_pid_ns);
 
        set_bit(0, ns->pidmap[0].page);
        atomic_set(&ns->pidmap[0].nr_free, BITS_PER_PAGE - 1);
        if (flags & CLONE_THREAD)
                goto out_put;
 
-       new_ns = create_pid_namespace(old_ns->level + 1);
-       if (!IS_ERR(new_ns))
-               new_ns->parent = get_pid_ns(old_ns);
+       new_ns = create_pid_namespace(old_ns);
 
 out_put:
        put_pid_ns(old_ns);