diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index 2328acbd16cdf1c87dd84c8e151cfc466126b256..aef01533dfb6ca2ed6dbc636ba58dc4ca490492d 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -1389,10 +1389,10 @@ void neigh_table_init_no_netlink(struct neigh_table *tbl)
 		panic("cannot create neighbour cache statistics");
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
-	tbl->pde = create_proc_entry(tbl->id, 0, init_net.proc_net_stat);
+	tbl->pde = proc_create(tbl->id, 0, init_net.proc_net_stat,
+			       &neigh_stat_seq_fops);
 	if (!tbl->pde)
 		panic("cannot create neighbour proc dir entry");
-	tbl->pde->proc_fops = &neigh_stat_seq_fops;
 	tbl->pde->data = tbl;
 #endif