diff --git a/include/net/af_unix.h b/include/net/af_unix.h
index 2a91a0561a478393ca9e9d2f1993467cc4c5c9cb..9b4c418bebd84ae0a7debfbcc697ee92b136ec99 100644
--- a/include/net/af_unix.h
+++ b/include/net/af_unix.h
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <net/sock.h>
 
-void unix_inflight(struct file *fp);
-void unix_notinflight(struct file *fp);
+void unix_inflight(struct user_struct *user, struct file *fp);
+void unix_notinflight(struct user_struct *user, struct file *fp);
 void unix_gc(void);
 void wait_for_unix_gc(void);
 struct sock *unix_get_socket(struct file *filp);
diff --git a/include/net/scm.h b/include/net/scm.h
index 262532d111f51e3a91a06af785b4721e8fab9d56..59fa93c01d2a16a129298498f1d56556b895acd9 100644
--- a/include/net/scm.h
+++ b/include/net/scm.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ struct scm_creds {
 struct scm_fp_list {
 	short			count;
 	short			max;
+	struct user_struct	*user;
 	struct file		*fp[SCM_MAX_FD];
 };
 
diff --git a/net/core/scm.c b/net/core/scm.c
index 14596fb3717270d62fa70544b7ec2496de96e1ce..2696aefdc148887138d46f98dc0a678ce2699512 100644
--- a/net/core/scm.c
+++ b/net/core/scm.c
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ static int scm_fp_copy(struct cmsghdr *cmsg, struct scm_fp_list **fplp)
 		*fplp = fpl;
 		fpl->count = 0;
 		fpl->max = SCM_MAX_FD;
+		fpl->user = NULL;
 	}
 	fpp = &fpl->fp[fpl->count];
 
@@ -107,6 +108,10 @@ static int scm_fp_copy(struct cmsghdr *cmsg, struct scm_fp_list **fplp)
 		*fpp++ = file;
 		fpl->count++;
 	}
+
+	if (!fpl->user)
+		fpl->user = get_uid(current_user());
+
 	return num;
 }
 
@@ -119,6 +124,7 @@ void __scm_destroy(struct scm_cookie *scm)
 		scm->fp = NULL;
 		for (i=fpl->count-1; i>=0; i--)
 			fput(fpl->fp[i]);
+		free_uid(fpl->user);
 		kfree(fpl);
 	}
 }
@@ -336,6 +342,7 @@ struct scm_fp_list *scm_fp_dup(struct scm_fp_list *fpl)
 		for (i = 0; i < fpl->count; i++)
 			get_file(fpl->fp[i]);
 		new_fpl->max = new_fpl->count;
+		new_fpl->user = get_uid(fpl->user);
 	}
 	return new_fpl;
 }
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 49d5093eb0553a4416af09784b0e012f58cbd124..29be035f9c65024fcaf4fe483a81702d6877217f 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -1496,7 +1496,7 @@ static void unix_detach_fds(struct scm_cookie *scm, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	UNIXCB(skb).fp = NULL;
 
 	for (i = scm->fp->count-1; i >= 0; i--)
-		unix_notinflight(scm->fp->fp[i]);
+		unix_notinflight(scm->fp->user, scm->fp->fp[i]);
 }
 
 static void unix_destruct_scm(struct sk_buff *skb)
@@ -1561,7 +1561,7 @@ static int unix_attach_fds(struct scm_cookie *scm, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	for (i = scm->fp->count - 1; i >= 0; i--)
-		unix_inflight(scm->fp->fp[i]);
+		unix_inflight(scm->fp->user, scm->fp->fp[i]);
 	return max_level;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/unix/garbage.c b/net/unix/garbage.c
index 8fcdc2283af50c5caecd409b79cae6028ca2c836..6a0d48525fcf9a71f54bb43495b200b300f5341e 100644
--- a/net/unix/garbage.c
+++ b/net/unix/garbage.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ struct sock *unix_get_socket(struct file *filp)
  * descriptor if it is for an AF_UNIX socket.
  */
 
-void unix_inflight(struct file *fp)
+void unix_inflight(struct user_struct *user, struct file *fp)
 {
 	struct sock *s = unix_get_socket(fp);
 
@@ -133,11 +133,11 @@ void unix_inflight(struct file *fp)
 		}
 		unix_tot_inflight++;
 	}
-	fp->f_cred->user->unix_inflight++;
+	user->unix_inflight++;
 	spin_unlock(&unix_gc_lock);
 }
 
-void unix_notinflight(struct file *fp)
+void unix_notinflight(struct user_struct *user, struct file *fp)
 {
 	struct sock *s = unix_get_socket(fp);
 
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ void unix_notinflight(struct file *fp)
 			list_del_init(&u->link);
 		unix_tot_inflight--;
 	}
-	fp->f_cred->user->unix_inflight--;
+	user->unix_inflight--;
 	spin_unlock(&unix_gc_lock);
 }