diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c b/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c
index 2e811f45b413..aaaf5ce142b8 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c
@@ -347,7 +347,8 @@ init_cifs_idmap(void)
 	if (!cred)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	keyring = keyring_alloc(".cifs_idmap", 0, 0, cred,
+	keyring = keyring_alloc(".cifs_idmap",
+				GLOBAL_ROOT_UID, GLOBAL_ROOT_GID, cred,
 				(KEY_POS_ALL & ~KEY_POS_SETATTR) |
 				KEY_USR_VIEW | KEY_USR_READ,
 				KEY_ALLOC_NOT_IN_QUOTA, NULL);