diff --git a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h b/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
index a06a78c67f19..05e22770af51 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ struct ipc_ids {
 };
 
 struct ipc_namespace {
-	refcount_t	count;
 	struct ipc_ids	ids[3];
 
 	int		sem_ctls[4];
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ extern struct ipc_namespace *copy_ipcs(unsigned long flags,
 static inline struct ipc_namespace *get_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
 {
 	if (ns)
-		refcount_inc(&ns->count);
+		refcount_inc(&ns->ns.count);
 	return ns;
 }
 
diff --git a/ipc/msgutil.c b/ipc/msgutil.c
index 3149b4a379de..d0a0e877cadd 100644
--- a/ipc/msgutil.c
+++ b/ipc/msgutil.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ DEFINE_SPINLOCK(mq_lock);
  * and not CONFIG_IPC_NS.
  */
 struct ipc_namespace init_ipc_ns = {
-	.count		= REFCOUNT_INIT(1),
+	.ns.count = REFCOUNT_INIT(1),
 	.user_ns = &init_user_ns,
 	.ns.inum = PROC_IPC_INIT_INO,
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPC_NS
diff --git a/ipc/namespace.c b/ipc/namespace.c
index 24e7b45320f7..7bd0766ddc3b 100644
--- a/ipc/namespace.c
+++ b/ipc/namespace.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static struct ipc_namespace *create_ipc_ns(struct user_namespace *user_ns,
 		goto fail_free;
 	ns->ns.ops = &ipcns_operations;
 
-	refcount_set(&ns->count, 1);
+	refcount_set(&ns->ns.count, 1);
 	ns->user_ns = get_user_ns(user_ns);
 	ns->ucounts = ucounts;
 
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static DECLARE_WORK(free_ipc_work, free_ipc);
  */
 void put_ipc_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)
 {
-	if (refcount_dec_and_lock(&ns->count, &mq_lock)) {
+	if (refcount_dec_and_lock(&ns->ns.count, &mq_lock)) {
 		mq_clear_sbinfo(ns);
 		spin_unlock(&mq_lock);