diff --git a/include/net/netns/ipv4.h b/include/net/netns/ipv4.h
index f0cf5a1b777e..0378e88f6fd3 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/ipv4.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/ipv4.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ struct netns_ipv4 {
 	int sysctl_tcp_orphan_retries;
 	int sysctl_tcp_fin_timeout;
 	unsigned int sysctl_tcp_notsent_lowat;
+	int sysctl_tcp_tw_reuse;
 
 	int sysctl_igmp_max_memberships;
 	int sysctl_igmp_max_msf;
diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 207147b4c6b2..6061963cca98 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -252,7 +252,6 @@ extern int sysctl_tcp_wmem[3];
 extern int sysctl_tcp_rmem[3];
 extern int sysctl_tcp_app_win;
 extern int sysctl_tcp_adv_win_scale;
-extern int sysctl_tcp_tw_reuse;
 extern int sysctl_tcp_frto;
 extern int sysctl_tcp_low_latency;
 extern int sysctl_tcp_nometrics_save;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
index 80bc36b25de2..22cbd61079b5 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
@@ -432,13 +432,6 @@ static struct ctl_table ipv4_table[] = {
 		.extra1		= &tcp_adv_win_scale_min,
 		.extra2		= &tcp_adv_win_scale_max,
 	},
-	{
-		.procname	= "tcp_tw_reuse",
-		.data		= &sysctl_tcp_tw_reuse,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
-		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec
-	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "tcp_frto",
 		.data		= &sysctl_tcp_frto,
@@ -960,6 +953,13 @@ static struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "tcp_tw_reuse",
+		.data		= &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_tcp_tw_reuse,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec
+	},
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH
 	{
 		.procname	= "fib_multipath_use_neigh",
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index 30d81f533ada..fe9da4fb96bf 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@
 #include <crypto/hash.h>
 #include <linux/scatterlist.h>
 
-int sysctl_tcp_tw_reuse __read_mostly;
 int sysctl_tcp_low_latency __read_mostly;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TCP_MD5SIG
@@ -120,7 +119,7 @@ int tcp_twsk_unique(struct sock *sk, struct sock *sktw, void *twp)
 	   and use initial timestamp retrieved from peer table.
 	 */
 	if (tcptw->tw_ts_recent_stamp &&
-	    (!twp || (sysctl_tcp_tw_reuse &&
+	    (!twp || (sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_tw_reuse &&
 			     get_seconds() - tcptw->tw_ts_recent_stamp > 1))) {
 		tp->write_seq = tcptw->tw_snd_nxt + 65535 + 2;
 		if (tp->write_seq == 0)
@@ -2456,6 +2455,7 @@ static int __net_init tcp_sk_init(struct net *net)
 	net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_orphan_retries = 0;
 	net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_fin_timeout = TCP_FIN_TIMEOUT;
 	net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_notsent_lowat = UINT_MAX;
+	net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_tw_reuse = 0;
 
 	return 0;
 fail: