diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 525787b52b72f03f87e77c0f785623083fca8b2b..7b5e8e1d94be2eb19764880c99597854f34657f3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -542,12 +542,11 @@ static __init int ip_rt_proc_init(struct net *net)
 	if (!pde)
 		goto err1;
 
-	pde = create_proc_entry("rt_cache", S_IRUGO, net->proc_net_stat);
+	pde = proc_create("rt_cache", S_IRUGO,
+			  net->proc_net_stat, &rt_cpu_seq_fops);
 	if (!pde)
 		goto err2;
 
-	pde->proc_fops = &rt_cpu_seq_fops;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_ROUTE
 	pde = create_proc_read_entry("rt_acct", 0, net->proc_net,
 			ip_rt_acct_read, NULL);