diff --git a/include/linux/nsproxy.h b/include/linux/nsproxy.h
index 50d20aba57d3..cc37a55ad004 100644
--- a/include/linux/nsproxy.h
+++ b/include/linux/nsproxy.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ void switch_task_namespaces(struct task_struct *tsk, struct nsproxy *new);
 void free_nsproxy(struct nsproxy *ns);
 int unshare_nsproxy_namespaces(unsigned long, struct nsproxy **,
 	struct fs_struct *);
+int __init nsproxy_cache_init(void);
 
 static inline void put_nsproxy(struct nsproxy *ns)
 {
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 0276c30401a0..31fa13e63b70 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1574,6 +1574,7 @@ void __init proc_caches_init(void)
 			SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC|SLAB_NOTRACK, NULL);
 	vm_area_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(vm_area_struct, SLAB_PANIC);
 	mmap_init();
+	nsproxy_cache_init();
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/kernel/nsproxy.c b/kernel/nsproxy.c
index d6a00f3de15d..9aeab4b98c64 100644
--- a/kernel/nsproxy.c
+++ b/kernel/nsproxy.c
@@ -271,10 +271,8 @@ out:
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int __init nsproxy_cache_init(void)
+int __init nsproxy_cache_init(void)
 {
 	nsproxy_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(nsproxy, SLAB_PANIC);
 	return 0;
 }
-
-module_init(nsproxy_cache_init);