diff --git a/net/atm/proc.c b/net/atm/proc.c
index 91fe5f53ff112377755054d16ff82cd599dd54a5..739866bfe9e9d6992c05e64227964db56dcb3968 100644
--- a/net/atm/proc.c
+++ b/net/atm/proc.c
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ static ssize_t proc_dev_atm_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	if (count == 0) return 0;
 	page = get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!page) return -ENOMEM;
-	dev = PDE(file->f_dentry->d_inode)->data;
+	dev = PDE(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode)->data;
 	if (!dev->ops->proc_read)
 		length = -EINVAL;
 	else {