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diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_net.c b/fs/proc/proc_net.c
index bbce6fbe779c..856839b8ae8b 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_net.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_net.c
@@ -350,6 +350,12 @@ static __net_init int proc_net_ns_init(struct net *net)
kgid_t gid;
int err;
+ /*
+ * This PDE acts only as an anchor for /proc/${pid}/net hierarchy.
+ * Corresponding inode (PDE(inode) == net->proc_net) is never
+ * instantiated therefore blanket zeroing is fine.
+ * net->proc_net_stat inode is instantiated normally.
+ */
err = -ENOMEM;
netd = kmem_cache_zalloc(proc_dir_entry_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!netd)