diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index cca921ea855004f726906a9ed9f24249c7c0592b..e91bafeb32f4590660a084998dbc7531b85f63ef 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -3116,14 +3116,23 @@ static ctl_table ipv4_route_table[] = {
 	{ .ctl_name = 0 }
 };
 
-static __net_initdata struct ctl_path ipv4_route_path[] = {
+static struct ctl_table empty[1];
+
+static struct ctl_table ipv4_skeleton[] =
+{
+	{ .procname = "route", .ctl_name = NET_IPV4_ROUTE,
+	  .child = ipv4_route_table},
+	{ .procname = "neigh", .ctl_name = NET_IPV4_NEIGH,
+	  .child = empty},
+	{ }
+};
+
+static __net_initdata struct ctl_path ipv4_path[] = {
 	{ .procname = "net", .ctl_name = CTL_NET, },
 	{ .procname = "ipv4", .ctl_name = NET_IPV4, },
-	{ .procname = "route", .ctl_name = NET_IPV4_ROUTE, },
 	{ },
 };
 
-
 static struct ctl_table ipv4_route_flush_table[] = {
 	{
 		.ctl_name 	= NET_IPV4_ROUTE_FLUSH,
@@ -3136,6 +3145,13 @@ static struct ctl_table ipv4_route_flush_table[] = {
 	{ .ctl_name = 0 },
 };
 
+static __net_initdata struct ctl_path ipv4_route_path[] = {
+	{ .procname = "net", .ctl_name = CTL_NET, },
+	{ .procname = "ipv4", .ctl_name = NET_IPV4, },
+	{ .procname = "route", .ctl_name = NET_IPV4_ROUTE, },
+	{ },
+};
+
 static __net_init int sysctl_route_net_init(struct net *net)
 {
 	struct ctl_table *tbl;
@@ -3287,7 +3303,7 @@ int __init ip_rt_init(void)
  */
 void __init ip_static_sysctl_init(void)
 {
-	register_sysctl_paths(ipv4_route_path, ipv4_route_table);
+	register_sysctl_paths(ipv4_path, ipv4_skeleton);
 }
 #endif