diff --git a/net/core/net_namespace.c b/net/core/net_namespace.c
index 690e78c6af45..c340d5cfbdec 100644
--- a/net/core/net_namespace.c
+++ b/net/core/net_namespace.c
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ static int __init net_ns_init(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
 	net_cachep = kmem_cache_create("net_namespace", sizeof(struct net),
 					SMP_CACHE_BYTES,
-					SLAB_PANIC, NULL);
+					SLAB_PANIC|SLAB_ACCOUNT, NULL);
 
 	/* Create workqueue for cleanup */
 	netns_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("netns");