diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 94fcfff6863a..06ed10b7da9e 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ static struct inode *proc_sys_make_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	inode->i_flags |= S_PRIVATE; /* tell selinux to ignore this inode */
 	inode->i_mode = table->mode;
+	inode->i_uid = inode->i_gid = 0;
 	if (!table->child) {
 		inode->i_mode |= S_IFREG;
 		inode->i_op = &proc_sys_inode_operations;