diff --git a/fs/proc/inode.c b/fs/proc/inode.c
index 6573f31f1fd9a1efa1747a1f97a768738c88c07f..075d3e945602c92ab22122944727311301ff2491 100644
--- a/fs/proc/inode.c
+++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
@@ -204,10 +204,6 @@ int proc_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *data, int silent)
 	root_inode = proc_get_inode(s, PROC_ROOT_INO, &proc_root);
 	if (!root_inode)
 		goto out_no_root;
-	/*
-	 * Fixup the root inode's nlink value
-	 */
-	root_inode->i_nlink += nr_processes();
 	root_inode->i_uid = 0;
 	root_inode->i_gid = 0;
 	s->s_root = d_alloc_root(root_inode);
diff --git a/fs/proc/root.c b/fs/proc/root.c
index 68896283c8ae54d79f1e87277322aa2ce83846bc..c3fd3611112f27f0b9379e35d00887d5f89f90d1 100644
--- a/fs/proc/root.c
+++ b/fs/proc/root.c
@@ -80,16 +80,16 @@ void __init proc_root_init(void)
 	proc_bus = proc_mkdir("bus", NULL);
 }
 
-static struct dentry *proc_root_lookup(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+static int proc_root_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry, struct kstat *stat
+)
 {
-	/*
-	 * nr_threads is actually protected by the tasklist_lock;
-	 * however, it's conventional to do reads, especially for
-	 * reporting, without any locking whatsoever.
-	 */
-	if (dir->i_ino == PROC_ROOT_INO) /* check for safety... */
-		dir->i_nlink = proc_root.nlink + nr_threads;
+	generic_fillattr(dentry->d_inode, stat);
+	stat->nlink = proc_root.nlink + nr_processes();
+	return 0;
+}
 
+static struct dentry *proc_root_lookup(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+{
 	if (!proc_lookup(dir, dentry, nd)) {
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ static struct file_operations proc_root_operations = {
  */
 static struct inode_operations proc_root_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= proc_root_lookup,
+	.getattr	= proc_root_getattr,
 };
 
 /*