1 files changed, 14 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index 3c6f5669523a..8b406e21a258 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -388,20 +388,18 @@ struct dentry *proc_lookup_de(struct proc_dir_entry *de, struct inode *dir,
 
         lock_kernel();
         spin_lock(&proc_subdir_lock);
-        if (de) {
-                for (de = de->subdir; de ; de = de->next) {
-                        if (de->namelen != dentry->d_name.len)
-                                continue;
-                        if (!memcmp(dentry->d_name.name, de->name, de->namelen)) {
-                                unsigned int ino;
-
-                                ino = de->low_ino;
-                                de_get(de);
-                                spin_unlock(&proc_subdir_lock);
-                                error = -EINVAL;
-                                inode = proc_get_inode(dir->i_sb, ino, de);
-                                goto out_unlock;
-                        }
+        for (de = de->subdir; de ; de = de->next) {
+                if (de->namelen != dentry->d_name.len)
+                        continue;
+                if (!memcmp(dentry->d_name.name, de->name, de->namelen)) {
+                        unsigned int ino;
+
+                        ino = de->low_ino;
+                        de_get(de);
+                        spin_unlock(&proc_subdir_lock);
+                        error = -EINVAL;
+                        inode = proc_get_inode(dir->i_sb, ino, de);
+                        goto out_unlock;
                 }
         }
         spin_unlock(&proc_subdir_lock);
@@ -413,7 +411,8 @@ out_unlock:
                 d_add(dentry, inode);
                 return NULL;
         }
-        de_put(de);
+        if (de)
+                de_put(de);
         return ERR_PTR(error);
 }
 
@@ -443,10 +442,6 @@ int proc_readdir_de(struct proc_dir_entry *de, struct file *filp, void *dirent,
         lock_kernel();
 
         ino = inode->i_ino;
-        if (!de) {
-                ret = -EINVAL;
-                goto out;
-        }
         i = filp->f_pos;
         switch (i) {
                 case 0: