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diff --git a/fs/seq_file.c b/fs/seq_file.c
index e85664b7c7d9..19f532e7d35e 100644
--- a/fs/seq_file.c
+++ b/fs/seq_file.c
@@ -72,9 +72,10 @@ int seq_open(struct file *file, const struct seq_operations *op)
mutex_init(&p->lock);
p->op = op;
-#ifdef CONFIG_USER_NS
- p->user_ns = file->f_cred->user_ns;
-#endif
+
+ // No refcounting: the lifetime of 'p' is constrained
+ // to the lifetime of the file.
+ p->file = file;
/*
* Wrappers around seq_open(e.g. swaps_open) need to be