diff --git a/include/net/netns/xfrm.h b/include/net/netns/xfrm.h
index 9991e5ef52cc5c9b13753caf02f3ddce3238506c..55a1f26d9a8b2cccadbcd54526d6a9999120ee67 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/xfrm.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/xfrm.h
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ struct netns_xfrm {
 	struct list_head	policy_all;
 	struct hlist_head	*policy_byidx;
 	unsigned int		policy_idx_hmask;
+#ifndef __GENKSYMS__
+	unsigned int		idx_generator;
+#endif
 	struct hlist_head	policy_inexact[XFRM_POLICY_MAX];
 	struct xfrm_policy_hash	policy_bydst[XFRM_POLICY_MAX];
 	unsigned int		policy_count[XFRM_POLICY_MAX * 2];
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
index 8c133ecec9abd382b78d96db66eff6dd65faef18..74ce9aee28ba06447ea6cdeb06b4fee700014430 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
@@ -654,8 +654,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(xfrm_policy_hash_rebuild);
  * of an absolute inpredictability of ordering of rules. This will not pass. */
 static u32 xfrm_gen_index(struct net *net, int dir, u32 index)
 {
-	static u32 idx_generator;
-
 	for (;;) {
 		struct hlist_head *list;
 		struct xfrm_policy *p;
@@ -663,8 +661,8 @@ static u32 xfrm_gen_index(struct net *net, int dir, u32 index)
 		int found;
 
 		if (!index) {
-			idx = (idx_generator | dir);
-			idx_generator += 8;
+			idx = (net->xfrm.idx_generator | dir);
+			net->xfrm.idx_generator += 8;
 		} else {
 			idx = index;
 			index = 0;