diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 6afca09a6534..36983e7bb2c1 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 #include <linux/nsproxy.h>
 #include <linux/oom.h>
 #include <linux/elf.h>
+#include <linux/pid_namespace.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
 /* NOTE:
@@ -2204,27 +2205,27 @@ static const struct inode_operations proc_tgid_base_inode_operations = {
  *       that no dcache entries will exist at process exit time it
  *       just makes it very unlikely that any will persist.
  */
-void proc_flush_task(struct task_struct *task)
+static void proc_flush_task_mnt(struct vfsmount *mnt, pid_t pid, pid_t tgid)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry, *leader, *dir;
 	char buf[PROC_NUMBUF];
 	struct qstr name;
 
 	name.name = buf;
-	name.len = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d", task->pid);
-	dentry = d_hash_and_lookup(proc_mnt->mnt_root, &name);
+	name.len = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d", pid);
+	dentry = d_hash_and_lookup(mnt->mnt_root, &name);
 	if (dentry) {
 		shrink_dcache_parent(dentry);
 		d_drop(dentry);
 		dput(dentry);
 	}
 
-	if (thread_group_leader(task))
+	if (tgid == 0)
 		goto out;
 
 	name.name = buf;
-	name.len = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d", task->tgid);
-	leader = d_hash_and_lookup(proc_mnt->mnt_root, &name);
+	name.len = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d", tgid);
+	leader = d_hash_and_lookup(mnt->mnt_root, &name);
 	if (!leader)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -2235,7 +2236,7 @@ void proc_flush_task(struct task_struct *task)
 		goto out_put_leader;
 
 	name.name = buf;
-	name.len = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d", task->pid);
+	name.len = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d", pid);
 	dentry = d_hash_and_lookup(dir, &name);
 	if (dentry) {
 		shrink_dcache_parent(dentry);
@@ -2250,6 +2251,18 @@ void proc_flush_task(struct task_struct *task)
 	return;
 }
 
+/*
+ * when flushing dentries from proc one need to flush them from global
+ * proc (proc_mnt) and from all the namespaces' procs this task was seen
+ * in. this call is supposed to make all this job.
+ */
+
+void proc_flush_task(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	proc_flush_task_mnt(proc_mnt, task->pid,
+			thread_group_leader(task) ? 0 : task->tgid);
+}
+
 static struct dentry *proc_pid_instantiate(struct inode *dir,
 					   struct dentry * dentry,
 					   struct task_struct *task, const void *ptr)
diff --git a/include/linux/proc_fs.h b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
index 20741f668f7b..dbd601c7244c 100644
--- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
@@ -207,7 +207,9 @@ extern void proc_net_remove(struct net *net, const char *name);
 #define proc_net_create(net, name, mode, info)	({ (void)(mode), NULL; })
 static inline void proc_net_remove(struct net *net, const char *name) {}
 
-static inline void proc_flush_task(struct task_struct *task) { }
+static inline void proc_flush_task(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+}
 
 static inline struct proc_dir_entry *create_proc_entry(const char *name,
 	mode_t mode, struct proc_dir_entry *parent) { return NULL; }
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index df2eee9c68ce..d9e8e5ee9d7f 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ void release_task(struct task_struct * p)
 	int zap_leader;
 repeat:
 	atomic_dec(&p->user->processes);
+	proc_flush_task(p);
 	write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 	ptrace_unlink(p);
 	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&p->ptrace_list) || !list_empty(&p->ptrace_children));
@@ -175,7 +176,6 @@ void release_task(struct task_struct * p)
 	}
 
 	write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
-	proc_flush_task(p);
 	release_thread(p);
 	call_rcu(&p->rcu, delayed_put_task_struct);