diff --git a/criu/include/pstree.h b/criu/include/pstree.h
index 7df92db6a..85e7e231a 100644
--- a/criu/include/pstree.h
+++ b/criu/include/pstree.h
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ extern int pstree_alloc_cores(struct pstree_item *item);
 extern void pstree_free_cores(struct pstree_item *item);
 
 extern int collect_pstree_ids(void);
+extern int fixup_pid_for_children_ns(TaskKobjIdsEntry *ids);
 
 extern int preorder_pstree_traversal(struct pstree_item *item, int (*f)(struct pstree_item *));
 extern int __set_next_pid(pid_t pid);
diff --git a/criu/namespaces.c b/criu/namespaces.c
index 7aceddc93..430f6c699 100644
--- a/criu/namespaces.c
+++ b/criu/namespaces.c
@@ -690,6 +690,25 @@ struct collect_image_info nsfile_cinfo = {
 	.collect = collect_one_nsfile,
 };
 
+static int get_pid_for_children_ns_id(pid_t pid, TaskKobjIdsEntry *ids)
+{
+	ids->has_pid_for_children_ns_id = false;
+
+	if (kdat.has_pid_for_children_ns) {
+		ids->pid_for_children_ns_id = __get_ns_id(pid, &pid_ns_desc, true,
+							  &ids->has_pid_for_children_ns_id, NULL);
+		if (!ids->pid_for_children_ns_id) {
+			pr_err("Can't make pid_for_children id\n");
+			return -1;
+		}
+		if (ids->pid_for_children_ns_id == UINT_MAX) {
+			pr_err("Just unshared pid namespaces are not supported yet\n");
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Same as dump_task_ns_ids(), but
  * a) doesn't keep IDs (don't need them)
@@ -775,6 +794,9 @@ int dump_task_ns_ids(struct pstree_item *item)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	if (get_pid_for_children_ns_id(pid, ids) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/criu/pstree.c b/criu/pstree.c
index cb9e6e934..ac1df2200 100644
--- a/criu/pstree.c
+++ b/criu/pstree.c
@@ -617,6 +617,18 @@ struct pid *__pstree_pid_by_virt(struct ns_id *ns, pid_t pid)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+int fixup_pid_for_children_ns(TaskKobjIdsEntry *ids)
+{
+	if (!ids->has_pid_for_children_ns_id) {
+		ids->has_pid_for_children_ns_id = true;
+		ids->pid_for_children_ns_id = ids->pid_ns_id;
+	} else if (!lookup_ns_by_id(ids->pid_for_children_ns_id, &pid_ns_desc)) {
+		pr_err("Can't find pid_for_children ns linked\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int read_pstree_ids(pid_t pid, TaskKobjIdsEntry **ids)
 {
 	struct cr_img *img;
@@ -661,6 +673,9 @@ static int read_pstree_ids(pid_t pid, TaskKobjIdsEntry **ids)
 			ret = -1;
 	}
 
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = fixup_pid_for_children_ns(*ids);
+
 	if (!ret && !top_pid_ns) {
 		/*
 		 * If top_pid_ns is not set, this means that here is old dump,