diff -ru a/include/net/net_namespace.h b/include/net/net_namespace.h
--- a/include/net/net_namespace.h	2021-05-03 18:16:44.000000000 -0400
+++ b/include/net/net_namespace.h	2021-07-23 09:30:57.134066982 -0400
@@ -114,18 +114,21 @@
 /* Init's network namespace */
 extern struct net init_net;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
 extern struct net *copy_net_ns(unsigned long flags,
 		struct user_namespace *user_ns, struct net *net_ns);
 
-#else /* CONFIG_NET */
+#else /* CONFIG_NET_NS */
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/nsproxy.h>
 static inline struct net *copy_net_ns(unsigned long flags,
-		struct user_namespace *user_ns, struct net *net_ns)
+		struct user_namespace *user_ns, struct net *old_net)
 {
-	/* There is nothing to copy so this is a noop */
-	return net_ns;
+       if (flags & CLONE_NEWNET)
+               return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+       return old_net;
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_NET */
+#endif /* CONFIG_NET_NS */
 
 
 extern struct list_head net_namespace_list;
diff -ru a/net/core/net_namespace.c b/net/core/net_namespace.c
--- a/net/core/net_namespace.c	2021-05-03 18:16:44.000000000 -0400
+++ b/net/core/net_namespace.c	2021-07-23 09:29:03.454038112 -0400
@@ -353,13 +353,6 @@
 }
 
 #else
-struct net *copy_net_ns(unsigned long flags, struct net *old_net)
-{
-	if (flags & CLONE_NEWNET)
-		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-	return old_net;
-}
-
 struct net *get_net_ns_by_fd(int fd)
 {
 	return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);