diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index 5b78739e60e4..d32f69aaaa36 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -448,6 +448,9 @@ static struct proc_dir_entry *__proc_create(struct proc_dir_entry **parent,
 	proc_set_user(ent, (*parent)->uid, (*parent)->gid);
 
 	ent->proc_dops = &proc_misc_dentry_ops;
+	/* Revalidate everything under /proc/${pid}/net */
+	if ((*parent)->proc_dops == &proc_net_dentry_ops)
+		pde_force_lookup(ent);
 
 out:
 	return ent;
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_net.c b/fs/proc/proc_net.c
index 15c2e55d2ed2..123e3c9d8674 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_net.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_net.c
@@ -363,6 +363,9 @@ static __net_init int proc_net_ns_init(struct net *net)
 
 	proc_set_user(netd, uid, gid);
 
+	/* Seed dentry revalidation for /proc/${pid}/net */
+	pde_force_lookup(netd);
+
 	err = -EEXIST;
 	net_statd = proc_net_mkdir(net, "stat", netd);
 	if (!net_statd)