diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 1b9bc52bac8805eff8c90a5f84d98b53ecd5326c..d018184a171981d7a4bb089b56297937231b93d4 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -471,12 +471,10 @@ static struct inode *proc_sys_make_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 			make_empty_dir_inode(inode);
 	}
 
+	inode->i_uid = GLOBAL_ROOT_UID;
+	inode->i_gid = GLOBAL_ROOT_GID;
 	if (root->set_ownership)
 		root->set_ownership(head, table, &inode->i_uid, &inode->i_gid);
-	else {
-		inode->i_uid = GLOBAL_ROOT_UID;
-		inode->i_gid = GLOBAL_ROOT_GID;
-	}
 
 	return inode;
 }