1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index de2d9109194e..32b48e8ee36e 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 
+extern int proc_nr_files(ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp,
+                     void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_SYSCTL)
 
 /* External variables not in a header file. */
@@ -943,7 +946,7 @@ static ctl_table fs_table[] = {
                 .data           = &files_stat,
                 .maxlen         = 3*sizeof(int),
                 .mode           = 0444,
-                .proc_handler   = &proc_dointvec,
+                .proc_handler   = &proc_nr_files,
         },
         {
                 .ctl_name       = FS_MAXFILE,