diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 11375216b493b7ac69f3d994c8b9990e0e138c8a..35afb2eb4a6f5519b35c2f9696c119b97309ea93 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -2780,7 +2780,7 @@ static int proc_pid_instantiate(struct inode *dir,
 
 struct dentry *proc_pid_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry * dentry, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	int result = 0;
+	int result = -ENOENT;
 	struct task_struct *task;
 	unsigned tgid;
 	struct pid_namespace *ns;
diff --git a/fs/proc/root.c b/fs/proc/root.c
index 5dbadecb234da01be9cc7eb5705e71363da7dfea..574bafc41f0b7c1f77160971ebb9ca6d5a8121e6 100644
--- a/fs/proc/root.c
+++ b/fs/proc/root.c
@@ -199,10 +199,10 @@ static int proc_root_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry, struct
 
 static struct dentry *proc_root_lookup(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	if (!proc_lookup(dir, dentry, flags))
+	if (!proc_pid_lookup(dir, dentry, flags))
 		return NULL;
 	
-	return proc_pid_lookup(dir, dentry, flags);
+	return proc_lookup(dir, dentry, flags);
 }
 
 static int proc_root_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)