1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index 45d0076bc08e..3c6f5669523a 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -277,8 +277,11 @@ static int xlate_proc_name(const char *name,
         int                     len;
         int                     rtn = 0;
 
+        de = *ret;
+        if (!de)
+                de = &proc_root;
+
         spin_lock(&proc_subdir_lock);
-        de = &proc_root;
         while (1) {
                 next = strchr(cp, '/');
                 if (!next)
@@ -582,7 +585,7 @@ static struct proc_dir_entry *__proc_create(struct proc_dir_entry **parent,
         /* make sure name is valid */
         if (!name || !strlen(name)) goto out;
 
-        if (!(*parent) && xlate_proc_name(name, parent, &fn) != 0)
+        if (xlate_proc_name(name, parent, &fn) != 0)
                 goto out;
 
         /* At this point there must not be any '/' characters beyond *fn */
@@ -738,7 +741,7 @@ void remove_proc_entry(const char *name, struct proc_dir_entry *parent)
         const char *fn = name;
         int len;
 
-        if (!parent && xlate_proc_name(name, &parent, &fn) != 0)
+        if (xlate_proc_name(name, &parent, &fn) != 0)
                 return;
         len = strlen(fn);