diff --git a/smoke/_init.sh b/smoke/_init.sh
index 3e74ef890..cedb6449d 100644
--- a/smoke/_init.sh
+++ b/smoke/_init.sh
@@ -112,10 +112,10 @@ builddir=${1-}
 
 netns_add() {
 	local ns="$1"
-	ip netns add "$ns"
+	nsenter -t 1 -n -m ip netns add "$ns"
 	cat >> $tmp/cleanup <<EOF
-ip netns pids "$ns" | xargs -r kill --timeout 500 KILL
-ip netns del "$ns"
+nsenter -t 1 -n -m ip netns pids "$ns" | xargs -r kill --timeout 500 KILL
+nsenter -t 1 -n -m ip netns del "$ns"
 EOF
 	ip -n "$ns" link set lo up
 }
diff --git a/smoke/_init_frr.sh b/smoke/_init_frr.sh
index e40a17ac9..0b06ff2d7 100644
--- a/smoke/_init_frr.sh
+++ b/smoke/_init_frr.sh
@@ -266,14 +266,14 @@ EOF
 	fi
 	tailpid=$(pgrep -g0 tail | tail -n1)
 
-	ip netns add $namespace
+	nsenter -t 1 -n -m ip netns add $namespace
 	frrinit.sh start $namespace
 
 	cat >> $tmp/cleanup <<EOF
 frrinit.sh stop $namespace
 kill $tailpid
-ip netns pids $namespace | xargs -r kill --timeout 500 KILL
-ip netns del $namespace
+nsenter -t 1 -n -m ip netns pids $namespace | xargs -r kill --timeout 500 KILL
+nsenter -t 1 -n -m ip netns del $namespace
 EOF
 
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