#ifdef CONFIG_IP_PIMSM
 
-static int reg_vif_num = -1;
-
 static int reg_vif_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
        read_lock(&mrt_lock);
        dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
        dev->stats.tx_packets++;
-       ipmr_cache_report(skb, reg_vif_num, IGMPMSG_WHOLEPKT);
+       ipmr_cache_report(skb, init_net.ipv4.mroute_reg_vif_num, IGMPMSG_WHOLEPKT);
        read_unlock(&mrt_lock);
        kfree_skb(skb);
        return 0;
        }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_PIMSM
-       if (vifi == reg_vif_num)
-               reg_vif_num = -1;
+       if (vifi == init_net.ipv4.mroute_reg_vif_num)
+               init_net.ipv4.mroute_reg_vif_num = -1;
 #endif
 
        if (vifi+1 == init_net.ipv4.maxvif) {
                 * Special Purpose VIF in PIM
                 * All the packets will be sent to the daemon
                 */
-               if (reg_vif_num >= 0)
+               if (init_net.ipv4.mroute_reg_vif_num >= 0)
                        return -EADDRINUSE;
                dev = ipmr_reg_vif();
                if (!dev)
        v->dev = dev;
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_PIMSM
        if (v->flags&VIFF_REGISTER)
-               reg_vif_num = vifi;
+               init_net.ipv4.mroute_reg_vif_num = vifi;
 #endif
        if (vifi+1 > init_net.ipv4.maxvif)
                init_net.ipv4.maxvif = vifi+1;
                memcpy(msg, skb_network_header(pkt), sizeof(struct iphdr));
                msg->im_msgtype = IGMPMSG_WHOLEPKT;
                msg->im_mbz = 0;
-               msg->im_vif = reg_vif_num;
+               msg->im_vif = init_net.ipv4.mroute_reg_vif_num;
                ip_hdr(skb)->ihl = sizeof(struct iphdr) >> 2;
                ip_hdr(skb)->tot_len = htons(ntohs(ip_hdr(pkt)->tot_len) +
                                             sizeof(struct iphdr));
                return 1;
 
        read_lock(&mrt_lock);
-       if (reg_vif_num >= 0)
-               reg_dev = init_net.ipv4.vif_table[reg_vif_num].dev;
+       if (init_net.ipv4.mroute_reg_vif_num >= 0)
+               reg_dev = init_net.ipv4.vif_table[init_net.ipv4.mroute_reg_vif_num].dev;
        if (reg_dev)
                dev_hold(reg_dev);
        read_unlock(&mrt_lock);
                err = -ENOMEM;
                goto fail_mfc_cache;
        }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_IP_PIMSM
+       net->ipv4.mroute_reg_vif_num = -1;
+#endif
        return 0;
 
 fail_mfc_cache: