diff --git a/include/net/neighbour.h b/include/net/neighbour.h
index aa4b708654a497a318732f7c5cfb6f00fdc65d1a..365b5e260239b2631d2f502340f0d8bd667a344d 100644
--- a/include/net/neighbour.h
+++ b/include/net/neighbour.h
@@ -180,9 +180,6 @@ struct neigh_table
 	__u32			hash_rnd;
 	unsigned int		hash_chain_gc;
 	struct pneigh_entry	**phash_buckets;
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
-	struct proc_dir_entry	*pde;
-#endif
 };
 
 /* flags for neigh_update() */
diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index d9bbe010e0ee87e06bfc3b9b608ccf22c900bb60..500c2430007cd9047b3d27de4d7b6b32e616011c 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -1424,9 +1424,8 @@ void neigh_table_init_no_netlink(struct neigh_table *tbl)
 		panic("cannot create neighbour cache statistics");
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
-	tbl->pde = proc_create_data(tbl->id, 0, init_net.proc_net_stat,
-				    &neigh_stat_seq_fops, tbl);
-	if (!tbl->pde)
+	if (!proc_create_data(tbl->id, 0, init_net.proc_net_stat,
+			      &neigh_stat_seq_fops, tbl))
 		panic("cannot create neighbour proc dir entry");
 #endif