diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index b9dd362..68971e6 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create(struct proc_dir_entry **parent,
+static struct proc_dir_entry *__proc_create(struct proc_dir_entry **parent,
 					  const char *name,
 					  mode_t mode,
 					  nlink_t nlink)
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@
 {
 	struct proc_dir_entry *ent;
 
-	ent = proc_create(&parent,name,
+	ent = __proc_create(&parent, name,
 			  (S_IFLNK | S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO | S_IXUGO),1);
 
 	if (ent) {
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@
 {
 	struct proc_dir_entry *ent;
 
-	ent = proc_create(&parent, name, S_IFDIR | mode, 2);
+	ent = __proc_create(&parent, name, S_IFDIR | mode, 2);
 	if (ent) {
 		if (proc_register(parent, ent) < 0) {
 			kfree(ent);
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@
 		nlink = 1;
 	}
 
-	ent = proc_create(&parent,name,mode,nlink);
+	ent = __proc_create(&parent, name, mode, nlink);
 	if (ent) {
 		if (proc_register(parent, ent) < 0) {
 			kfree(ent);
@@ -674,6 +674,38 @@
 	return ent;
 }
 
+struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create(const char *name, mode_t mode,
+				   struct proc_dir_entry *parent,
+				   const struct file_operations *proc_fops)
+{
+	struct proc_dir_entry *pde;
+	nlink_t nlink;
+
+	if (S_ISDIR(mode)) {
+		if ((mode & S_IALLUGO) == 0)
+			mode |= S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO;
+		nlink = 2;
+	} else {
+		if ((mode & S_IFMT) == 0)
+			mode |= S_IFREG;
+		if ((mode & S_IALLUGO) == 0)
+			mode |= S_IRUGO;
+		nlink = 1;
+	}
+
+	pde = __proc_create(&parent, name, mode, nlink);
+	if (!pde)
+		goto out;
+	pde->proc_fops = proc_fops;
+	if (proc_register(parent, pde) < 0)
+		goto out_free;
+	return pde;
+out_free:
+	kfree(pde);
+out:
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 void free_proc_entry(struct proc_dir_entry *de)
 {
 	unsigned int ino = de->low_ino;
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_net.c b/fs/proc/proc_net.c
index 4823c96..14e9b5a 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_net.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_net.c
@@ -67,12 +67,7 @@
 struct proc_dir_entry *proc_net_fops_create(struct net *net,
 	const char *name, mode_t mode, const struct file_operations *fops)
 {
-	struct proc_dir_entry *res;
-
-	res = create_proc_entry(name, mode, net->proc_net);
-	if (res)
-		res->proc_fops = fops;
-	return res;
+	return proc_create(name, mode, net->proc_net, fops);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(proc_net_fops_create);
 
diff --git a/fs/proc/root.c b/fs/proc/root.c
index 81f99e6..ef0fb57 100644
--- a/fs/proc/root.c
+++ b/fs/proc/root.c
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_symlink);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_mkdir);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(create_proc_entry);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_create);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(remove_proc_entry);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_root);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_root_fs);
diff --git a/include/linux/proc_fs.h b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
index e4a8f9a..d6a4f69 100644
--- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@
 
 extern struct proc_dir_entry *create_proc_entry(const char *name, mode_t mode,
 						struct proc_dir_entry *parent);
+struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create(const char *name, mode_t mode,
+				struct proc_dir_entry *parent,
+				const struct file_operations *proc_fops);
 extern void remove_proc_entry(const char *name, struct proc_dir_entry *parent);
 
 extern struct vfsmount *proc_mnt;
@@ -220,7 +223,12 @@
 
 static inline struct proc_dir_entry *create_proc_entry(const char *name,
 	mode_t mode, struct proc_dir_entry *parent) { return NULL; }
-
+static inline struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create(const char *name,
+	mode_t mode, struct proc_dir_entry *parent,
+	const struct file_operations *proc_fops)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
 #define remove_proc_entry(name, parent) do {} while (0)
 
 static inline struct proc_dir_entry *proc_symlink(const char *name,