1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/inode.c b/fs/proc/inode.c
index 176ce4cda68..d6a7ca1fdac 100644
--- a/fs/proc/inode.c
+++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 static void proc_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
         struct proc_dir_entry *de;
+        struct ctl_table_header *head;
 
         truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
         end_writeback(inode);
@@ -38,8 +39,11 @@ static void proc_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
         de = PROC_I(inode)->pde;
         if (de)
                 pde_put(de);
-        if (PROC_I(inode)->sysctl)
-                sysctl_head_put(PROC_I(inode)->sysctl);
+        head = PROC_I(inode)->sysctl;
+        if (head) {
+                rcu_assign_pointer(PROC_I(inode)->sysctl, NULL);
+                sysctl_head_put(head);
+        }
 }
 
 struct vfsmount *proc_mnt;