diff --git a/include/net/netns/xfrm.h b/include/net/netns/xfrm.h
index bd7c3be4af5d7bee4c63a57a2b0bf283b81bc4bf..423b52eca908d90009889b64764fbd4008a29529 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/xfrm.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/xfrm.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ struct netns_xfrm {
 	struct list_head	policy_all;
 	struct hlist_head	*policy_byidx;
 	unsigned int		policy_idx_hmask;
+	unsigned int		idx_generator;
 	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 113fb7e9cdaf208bd50c6a701b3abd6a7d30eba8..99df2862bdc951cb2481315a0ec7470120a2dea8 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
@@ -1375,8 +1375,6 @@ 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;
@@ -1384,8 +1382,8 @@ 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;