diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index 2078e70e1595f1d29d6901848f439a05fe2a929c..b77034a694ef4c267b336da31857c1a7e12916fb 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -256,8 +256,7 @@ struct dentry *proc_lookup_de(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		if (!inode)
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 		d_set_d_op(dentry, &proc_misc_dentry_ops);
-		d_add(dentry, inode);
-		return NULL;
+		return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 	}
 	read_unlock(&proc_subdir_lock);
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 8989936f29959a62a12e4b1c1e2d866f940a93a0..4d765e5e91eda8961d3a49fab214dd8736c1e699 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -554,9 +554,8 @@ static struct dentry *proc_sys_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	if (!inode)
 		goto out;
 
-	err = NULL;
 	d_set_d_op(dentry, &proc_sys_dentry_operations);
-	d_add(dentry, inode);
+	err = d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 
 out:
 	if (h)
@@ -684,6 +683,7 @@ static bool proc_sys_fill_cache(struct file *file,
 		if (IS_ERR(child))
 			return false;
 		if (d_in_lookup(child)) {
+			struct dentry *res;
 			inode = proc_sys_make_inode(dir->d_sb, head, table);
 			if (!inode) {
 				d_lookup_done(child);
@@ -691,7 +691,16 @@ static bool proc_sys_fill_cache(struct file *file,
 				return false;
 			}
 			d_set_d_op(child, &proc_sys_dentry_operations);
-			d_add(child, inode);
+			res = d_splice_alias(inode, child);
+			d_lookup_done(child);
+			if (unlikely(res)) {
+				if (IS_ERR(res)) {
+					dput(child);
+					return false;
+				}
+				dput(child);
+				child = res;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	inode = d_inode(child);