1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index f1637f17c37c..9d99131d0d65 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -620,8 +620,7 @@ static struct proc_dir_entry *__proc_create(struct proc_dir_entry **parent,
         if (!ent) goto out;
 
         memset(ent, 0, sizeof(struct proc_dir_entry));
-        memcpy(((char *) ent) + sizeof(struct proc_dir_entry), fn, len + 1);
-        ent->name = ((char *) ent) + sizeof(*ent);
+        memcpy(ent->name, fn, len + 1);
         ent->namelen = len;
         ent->mode = mode;
         ent->nlink = nlink;