diff --git a/kernel/configs.c b/kernel/configs.c
index d3a4b82a8a961319318632986c945ca3332938b3..4c345210ed8cca3ffb1c64a9e4aef92cf97eedf8 100644
--- a/kernel/configs.c
+++ b/kernel/configs.c
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ static int __init ikconfig_init(void)
 	struct proc_dir_entry *entry;
 
 	/* create the current config file */
-	entry = create_proc_entry("config.gz", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO, NULL);
+	entry = proc_create("config.gz", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO, NULL,
+			    &ikconfig_file_ops);
 	if (!entry)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	entry->proc_fops = &ikconfig_file_ops;
 	entry->size = kernel_config_data_size;
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/kernel/dma.c b/kernel/dma.c
index 6a82bb716dace9bbcf0b469e3119fd10a95b9b1a..d2c60a82279085e80d0a46edbc0a3557e9b87f83 100644
--- a/kernel/dma.c
+++ b/kernel/dma.c
@@ -149,12 +149,7 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_dma_operations = {
 
 static int __init proc_dma_init(void)
 {
-	struct proc_dir_entry *e;
-
-	e = create_proc_entry("dma", 0, NULL);
-	if (e)
-		e->proc_fops = &proc_dma_operations;
-
+	proc_create("dma", 0, NULL, &proc_dma_operations);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/kallsyms.c b/kernel/kallsyms.c
index f091d13def0083b8d25107993affa1065cb8aabc..6fc0040f3e3abacade62c7d63f74d240974d80fe 100644
--- a/kernel/kallsyms.c
+++ b/kernel/kallsyms.c
@@ -472,11 +472,7 @@ static const struct file_operations kallsyms_operations = {
 
 static int __init kallsyms_init(void)
 {
-	struct proc_dir_entry *entry;
-
-	entry = create_proc_entry("kallsyms", 0444, NULL);
-	if (entry)
-		entry->proc_fops = &kallsyms_operations;
+	proc_create("kallsyms", 0444, NULL, &kallsyms_operations);
 	return 0;
 }
 __initcall(kallsyms_init);
diff --git a/kernel/latencytop.c b/kernel/latencytop.c
index 7c74dab0d21b9fcd2235b507b5e450459e042ef6..5e7b45c569233536ef23dadfafd90e40d20b7f62 100644
--- a/kernel/latencytop.c
+++ b/kernel/latencytop.c
@@ -233,14 +233,7 @@ static struct file_operations lstats_fops = {
 
 static int __init init_lstats_procfs(void)
 {
-	struct proc_dir_entry *pe;
-
-	pe = create_proc_entry("latency_stats", 0644, NULL);
-	if (!pe)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	pe->proc_fops = &lstats_fops;
-
+	proc_create("latency_stats", 0644, NULL, &lstats_fops);
 	return 0;
 }
 __initcall(init_lstats_procfs);
diff --git a/kernel/lockdep_proc.c b/kernel/lockdep_proc.c
index 8a135bd163c2cc719b4635b1e511aa87039d6f46..dc5d29648d852ccadd88ea79a91decc93653fa8b 100644
--- a/kernel/lockdep_proc.c
+++ b/kernel/lockdep_proc.c
@@ -660,20 +660,12 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_lock_stat_operations = {
 
 static int __init lockdep_proc_init(void)
 {
-	struct proc_dir_entry *entry;
-
-	entry = create_proc_entry("lockdep", S_IRUSR, NULL);
-	if (entry)
-		entry->proc_fops = &proc_lockdep_operations;
-
-	entry = create_proc_entry("lockdep_stats", S_IRUSR, NULL);
-	if (entry)
-		entry->proc_fops = &proc_lockdep_stats_operations;
+	proc_create("lockdep", S_IRUSR, NULL, &proc_lockdep_operations);
+	proc_create("lockdep_stats", S_IRUSR, NULL,
+		    &proc_lockdep_stats_operations);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_LOCK_STAT
-	entry = create_proc_entry("lock_stat", S_IRUSR, NULL);
-	if (entry)
-		entry->proc_fops = &proc_lock_stat_operations;
+	proc_create("lock_stat", S_IRUSR, NULL, &proc_lock_stat_operations);
 #endif
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/kernel/profile.c b/kernel/profile.c
index 606d7387265ccee0c030c0afdf317ede0d943f26..ae7ead82cbc9f7bd25a15ec373c14a1f2ea79bf5 100644
--- a/kernel/profile.c
+++ b/kernel/profile.c
@@ -587,10 +587,10 @@ static int __init create_proc_profile(void)
 		return 0;
 	if (create_hash_tables())
 		return -1;
-	entry = create_proc_entry("profile", S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, NULL);
+	entry = proc_create("profile", S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO,
+			    NULL, &proc_profile_operations);
 	if (!entry)
 		return 0;
-	entry->proc_fops = &proc_profile_operations;
 	entry->size = (1+prof_len) * sizeof(atomic_t);
 	hotcpu_notifier(profile_cpu_callback, 0);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/kernel/resource.c b/kernel/resource.c
index cee12cc47cab04c270e9193341ba43e8c57fd92b..74af2d7cb5a135ffa1da4c52ce9af026c527044d 100644
--- a/kernel/resource.c
+++ b/kernel/resource.c
@@ -131,14 +131,8 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_iomem_operations = {
 
 static int __init ioresources_init(void)
 {
-	struct proc_dir_entry *entry;
-
-	entry = create_proc_entry("ioports", 0, NULL);
-	if (entry)
-		entry->proc_fops = &proc_ioports_operations;
-	entry = create_proc_entry("iomem", 0, NULL);
-	if (entry)
-		entry->proc_fops = &proc_iomem_operations;
+	proc_create("ioports", 0, NULL, &proc_ioports_operations);
+	proc_create("iomem", 0, NULL, &proc_iomem_operations);
 	return 0;
 }
 __initcall(ioresources_init);
diff --git a/kernel/sched_debug.c b/kernel/sched_debug.c
index f3f4af4b8b0fb8ffa4e24da75f5982358c44cc3e..8a9498e7c8311e582f35709c7ffc3019fda2f601 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_debug.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_debug.c
@@ -277,12 +277,9 @@ static int __init init_sched_debug_procfs(void)
 {
 	struct proc_dir_entry *pe;
 
-	pe = create_proc_entry("sched_debug", 0644, NULL);
+	pe = proc_create("sched_debug", 0644, NULL, &sched_debug_fops);
 	if (!pe)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	pe->proc_fops = &sched_debug_fops;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer_list.c b/kernel/time/timer_list.c
index 67fe8fc21fb130fd906ef050be927dc23d80fa02..a40e20fd00010d000a3dfc2406888b2f81146db6 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer_list.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer_list.c
@@ -278,12 +278,9 @@ static int __init init_timer_list_procfs(void)
 {
 	struct proc_dir_entry *pe;
 
-	pe = create_proc_entry("timer_list", 0644, NULL);
+	pe = proc_create("timer_list", 0644, NULL, &timer_list_fops);
 	if (!pe)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	pe->proc_fops = &timer_list_fops;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 __initcall(init_timer_list_procfs);
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer_stats.c b/kernel/time/timer_stats.c
index 417da8c5bc7248018d915f40d0aedfa579679e8a..c994530d166da4fde2bed268f7a3ecfe661e93a8 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer_stats.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer_stats.c
@@ -415,12 +415,9 @@ static int __init init_tstats_procfs(void)
 {
 	struct proc_dir_entry *pe;
 
-	pe = create_proc_entry("timer_stats", 0644, NULL);
+	pe = proc_create("timer_stats", 0644, NULL, &tstats_fops);
 	if (!pe)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	pe->proc_fops = &tstats_fops;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 __initcall(init_tstats_procfs);