diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index c7a4ef8df305..ca89e0e3ef10 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1347,10 +1347,6 @@ int begin_new_exec(struct linux_binprm * bprm)
 	WRITE_ONCE(me->self_exec_id, me->self_exec_id + 1);
 	flush_signal_handlers(me, 0);
 
-	retval = set_cred_ucounts(bprm->cred);
-	if (retval < 0)
-		goto out_unlock;
-
 	/*
 	 * install the new credentials for this executable
 	 */
diff --git a/include/linux/cred.h b/include/linux/cred.h
index ad160e5fe5c6..18639c069263 100644
--- a/include/linux/cred.h
+++ b/include/linux/cred.h
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ struct cred {
 #endif
 	struct user_struct *user;	/* real user ID subscription */
 	struct user_namespace *user_ns; /* user_ns the caps and keyrings are relative to. */
-	struct ucounts *ucounts;
 	struct group_info *group_info;	/* supplementary groups for euid/fsgid */
 	/* RCU deletion */
 	union {
@@ -171,7 +170,6 @@ extern int set_security_override_from_ctx(struct cred *, const char *);
 extern int set_create_files_as(struct cred *, struct inode *);
 extern int cred_fscmp(const struct cred *, const struct cred *);
 extern void __init cred_init(void);
-extern int set_cred_ucounts(struct cred *);
 
 /*
  * check for validity of credentials
diff --git a/include/linux/user_namespace.h b/include/linux/user_namespace.h
index e1bd560da1cd..7616c7bf4b24 100644
--- a/include/linux/user_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/user_namespace.h
@@ -101,15 +101,11 @@ struct ucounts {
 };
 
 extern struct user_namespace init_user_ns;
-extern struct ucounts init_ucounts;
 
 bool setup_userns_sysctls(struct user_namespace *ns);
 void retire_userns_sysctls(struct user_namespace *ns);
 struct ucounts *inc_ucount(struct user_namespace *ns, kuid_t uid, enum ucount_type type);
 void dec_ucount(struct ucounts *ucounts, enum ucount_type type);
-struct ucounts *alloc_ucounts(struct user_namespace *ns, kuid_t uid);
-struct ucounts *get_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts);
-void put_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_USER_NS
 
diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index 58a8a9e24347..421b1149c651 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ struct cred init_cred = {
 	.user			= INIT_USER,
 	.user_ns		= &init_user_ns,
 	.group_info		= &init_groups,
-	.ucounts		= &init_ucounts,
 };
 
 static inline void set_cred_subscribers(struct cred *cred, int n)
@@ -120,8 +119,6 @@ static void put_cred_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu)
 	if (cred->group_info)
 		put_group_info(cred->group_info);
 	free_uid(cred->user);
-	if (cred->ucounts)
-		put_ucounts(cred->ucounts);
 	put_user_ns(cred->user_ns);
 	kmem_cache_free(cred_jar, cred);
 }
@@ -225,7 +222,6 @@ struct cred *cred_alloc_blank(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_CREDENTIALS
 	new->magic = CRED_MAGIC;
 #endif
-	new->ucounts = get_ucounts(&init_ucounts);
 
 	if (security_cred_alloc_blank(new, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT) < 0)
 		goto error;
@@ -288,11 +284,6 @@ struct cred *prepare_creds(void)
 
 	if (security_prepare_creds(new, old, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT) < 0)
 		goto error;
-
-	new->ucounts = get_ucounts(new->ucounts);
-	if (!new->ucounts)
-		goto error;
-
 	validate_creds(new);
 	return new;
 
@@ -372,8 +363,6 @@ int copy_creds(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long clone_flags)
 		ret = create_user_ns(new);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto error_put;
-		if (set_cred_ucounts(new) < 0)
-			goto error_put;
 	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
@@ -664,31 +653,6 @@ int cred_fscmp(const struct cred *a, const struct cred *b)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cred_fscmp);
 
-int set_cred_ucounts(struct cred *new)
-{
-	struct task_struct *task = current;
-	const struct cred *old = task->real_cred;
-	struct ucounts *old_ucounts = new->ucounts;
-
-	if (new->user == old->user && new->user_ns == old->user_ns)
-		return 0;
-
-	/*
-	 * This optimization is needed because alloc_ucounts() uses locks
-	 * for table lookups.
-	 */
-	if (old_ucounts && old_ucounts->ns == new->user_ns && uid_eq(old_ucounts->uid, new->euid))
-		return 0;
-
-	if (!(new->ucounts = alloc_ucounts(new->user_ns, new->euid)))
-		return -EAGAIN;
-
-	if (old_ucounts)
-		put_ucounts(old_ucounts);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * initialise the credentials stuff
  */
@@ -755,10 +719,6 @@ struct cred *prepare_kernel_cred(struct task_struct *daemon)
 	if (security_prepare_creds(new, old, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT) < 0)
 		goto error;
 
-	new->ucounts = get_ucounts(new->ucounts);
-	if (!new->ucounts)
-		goto error;
-
 	put_cred(old);
 	validate_creds(new);
 	return new;
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 096945ef49ad..9705439439fe 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -2960,12 +2960,6 @@ int ksys_unshare(unsigned long unshare_flags)
 	if (err)
 		goto bad_unshare_cleanup_cred;
 
-	if (new_cred) {
-		err = set_cred_ucounts(new_cred);
-		if (err)
-			goto bad_unshare_cleanup_cred;
-	}
-
 	if (new_fs || new_fd || do_sysvsem || new_cred || new_nsproxy) {
 		if (do_sysvsem) {
 			/*
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 0670e824e019..a730c03ee607 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -552,10 +552,6 @@ long __sys_setreuid(uid_t ruid, uid_t euid)
 	if (retval < 0)
 		goto error;
 
-	retval = set_cred_ucounts(new);
-	if (retval < 0)
-		goto error;
-
 	return commit_creds(new);
 
 error:
@@ -614,10 +610,6 @@ long __sys_setuid(uid_t uid)
 	if (retval < 0)
 		goto error;
 
-	retval = set_cred_ucounts(new);
-	if (retval < 0)
-		goto error;
-
 	return commit_creds(new);
 
 error:
@@ -693,10 +685,6 @@ long __sys_setresuid(uid_t ruid, uid_t euid, uid_t suid)
 	if (retval < 0)
 		goto error;
 
-	retval = set_cred_ucounts(new);
-	if (retval < 0)
-		goto error;
-
 	return commit_creds(new);
 
 error:
diff --git a/kernel/ucount.c b/kernel/ucount.c
index 9894795043c4..11b1596e2542 100644
--- a/kernel/ucount.c
+++ b/kernel/ucount.c
@@ -8,12 +8,6 @@
 #include <linux/kmemleak.h>
 #include <linux/user_namespace.h>
 
-struct ucounts init_ucounts = {
-	.ns    = &init_user_ns,
-	.uid   = GLOBAL_ROOT_UID,
-	.count = 1,
-};
-
 #define UCOUNTS_HASHTABLE_BITS 10
 static struct hlist_head ucounts_hashtable[(1 << UCOUNTS_HASHTABLE_BITS)];
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ucounts_lock);
@@ -131,15 +125,7 @@ static struct ucounts *find_ucounts(struct user_namespace *ns, kuid_t uid, struc
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static void hlist_add_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts)
-{
-	struct hlist_head *hashent = ucounts_hashentry(ucounts->ns, ucounts->uid);
-	spin_lock_irq(&ucounts_lock);
-	hlist_add_head(&ucounts->node, hashent);
-	spin_unlock_irq(&ucounts_lock);
-}
-
-struct ucounts *alloc_ucounts(struct user_namespace *ns, kuid_t uid)
+static struct ucounts *get_ucounts(struct user_namespace *ns, kuid_t uid)
 {
 	struct hlist_head *hashent = ucounts_hashentry(ns, uid);
 	struct ucounts *ucounts, *new;
@@ -174,26 +160,7 @@ struct ucounts *alloc_ucounts(struct user_namespace *ns, kuid_t uid)
 	return ucounts;
 }
 
-struct ucounts *get_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts)
-{
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	if (!ucounts)
-		return NULL;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&ucounts_lock, flags);
-	if (ucounts->count == INT_MAX) {
-		WARN_ONCE(1, "ucounts: counter has reached its maximum value");
-		ucounts = NULL;
-	} else {
-		ucounts->count += 1;
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ucounts_lock, flags);
-
-	return ucounts;
-}
-
-void put_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts)
+static void put_ucounts(struct ucounts *ucounts)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
@@ -227,7 +194,7 @@ struct ucounts *inc_ucount(struct user_namespace *ns, kuid_t uid,
 {
 	struct ucounts *ucounts, *iter, *bad;
 	struct user_namespace *tns;
-	ucounts = alloc_ucounts(ns, uid);
+	ucounts = get_ucounts(ns, uid);
 	for (iter = ucounts; iter; iter = tns->ucounts) {
 		int max;
 		tns = iter->ns;
@@ -270,7 +237,6 @@ static __init int user_namespace_sysctl_init(void)
 	BUG_ON(!user_header);
 	BUG_ON(!setup_userns_sysctls(&init_user_ns));
 #endif
-	hlist_add_ucounts(&init_ucounts);
 	return 0;
 }
 subsys_initcall(user_namespace_sysctl_init);
diff --git a/kernel/user_namespace.c b/kernel/user_namespace.c
index 8206a13c81eb..ce396ea4de60 100644
--- a/kernel/user_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/user_namespace.c
@@ -1340,9 +1340,6 @@ static int userns_install(struct nsset *nsset, struct ns_common *ns)
 	put_user_ns(cred->user_ns);
 	set_cred_user_ns(cred, get_user_ns(user_ns));
 
-	if (set_cred_ucounts(cred) < 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	return 0;
 }