diff --git a/include/linux/user_namespace.h b/include/linux/user_namespace.h
index c18e01252346..7c83d7f6289b 100644
--- a/include/linux/user_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/user_namespace.h
@@ -12,13 +12,21 @@
 
 #define UID_GID_MAP_MAX_EXTENTS 5
 
+struct uid_gid_extent {
+	u32 first;
+	u32 lower_first;
+	u32 count;
+};
+
 struct uid_gid_map {	/* 64 bytes -- 1 cache line */
 	u32 nr_extents;
-	struct uid_gid_extent {
-		u32 first;
-		u32 lower_first;
-		u32 count;
-	} extent[UID_GID_MAP_MAX_EXTENTS];
+	union {
+		struct uid_gid_extent extent[UID_GID_MAP_MAX_EXTENTS];
+		struct {
+			struct uid_gid_extent *forward;
+			struct uid_gid_extent *reverse;
+		};
+	};
 };
 
 #define USERNS_SETGROUPS_ALLOWED 1UL
diff --git a/kernel/user.c b/kernel/user.c
index 00281add65b2..9a20acce460d 100644
--- a/kernel/user.c
+++ b/kernel/user.c
@@ -26,26 +26,32 @@
 struct user_namespace init_user_ns = {
 	.uid_map = {
 		.nr_extents = 1,
-		.extent[0] = {
-			.first = 0,
-			.lower_first = 0,
-			.count = 4294967295U,
+		{
+			.extent[0] = {
+				.first = 0,
+				.lower_first = 0,
+				.count = 4294967295U,
+			},
 		},
 	},
 	.gid_map = {
 		.nr_extents = 1,
-		.extent[0] = {
-			.first = 0,
-			.lower_first = 0,
-			.count = 4294967295U,
+		{
+			.extent[0] = {
+				.first = 0,
+				.lower_first = 0,
+				.count = 4294967295U,
+			},
 		},
 	},
 	.projid_map = {
 		.nr_extents = 1,
-		.extent[0] = {
-			.first = 0,
-			.lower_first = 0,
-			.count = 4294967295U,
+		{
+			.extent[0] = {
+				.first = 0,
+				.lower_first = 0,
+				.count = 4294967295U,
+			},
 		},
 	},
 	.count = ATOMIC_INIT(3),