diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7f18a23034..966a233d6d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 name = "init"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "redox_syscall 0.1.30 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "redox_syscall 0.1.31 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
-version = "0.1.30"
+version = "0.1.31"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
 [metadata]
-"checksum redox_syscall 0.1.30 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "8312fba776a49cf390b7b62f3135f9b294d8617f7a7592cfd0ac2492b658cd7b"
+"checksum redox_syscall 0.1.31 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "8dde11f18c108289bef24469638a04dce49da56084f2d50618b226e47eb04509"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 980f95f636..745d16f57a 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ pub fn main() {
         println!("init: failed to run initfs:etc/init.rc: {}", err);
     }
 
+    syscall::setrens(0, 0).expect("init: failed to enter null namespace");
+
     loop {
         let mut status = 0;
         syscall::waitpid(0, &mut status, 0).unwrap();