diff --git a/sound/core/info.c b/sound/core/info.c
index 7077f60..601f0eb 100644
--- a/sound/core/info.c
+++ b/sound/core/info.c
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@
 {
 	struct proc_dir_entry *p;
 
-	p = create_proc_entry("asound", S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO, NULL);
+	p = proc_mkdir("asound", NULL);
 	if (p == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	snd_proc_root = p;