diff --git a/include/net/net_namespace.h b/include/net/net_namespace.h
index 6e6b175e939..1f12645706d 100644
--- a/include/net/net_namespace.h
+++ b/include/net/net_namespace.h
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ struct net {
 #endif
 	spinlock_t		rules_mod_lock;
 
+	u32			hash_mix;
+
 	struct list_head	list;		/* list of network namespaces */
 	struct list_head	cleanup_list;	/* namespaces on death row */
 	struct list_head	exit_list;	/* Use only net_mutex */
diff --git a/include/net/netns/hash.h b/include/net/netns/hash.h
index 548d78f2cc4..b516001d5eb 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/hash.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/hash.h
@@ -1,21 +1,10 @@
 #ifndef __NET_NS_HASH_H__
 #define __NET_NS_HASH_H__
 
-#include <asm/cache.h>
-
-struct net;
+#include <net/net_namespace.h>
 
 static inline unsigned net_hash_mix(struct net *net)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
-	/*
-	 * shift this right to eliminate bits, that are
-	 * always zeroed
-	 */
-
-	return (unsigned)(((unsigned long)net) >> L1_CACHE_SHIFT);
-#else
-	return 0;
-#endif
+	return net->hash_mix;
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/net/core/net_namespace.c b/net/core/net_namespace.c
index 812a2c903b5..a397e3173ce 100644
--- a/net/core/net_namespace.c
+++ b/net/core/net_namespace.c
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ static __net_init int setup_net(struct net *net, struct user_namespace *user_ns)
 
 	atomic_set(&net->count, 1);
 	atomic_set(&net->passive, 1);
+	get_random_bytes(&net->hash_mix, sizeof(u32));
 	net->dev_base_seq = 1;
 	net->user_ns = user_ns;