diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index 7dfe548a28e8c4105e1d0d8b1eea264cdae2001c..2983dc52ca2524c7a1b0e8f168ae5f40e488f609 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -412,8 +412,7 @@ static const struct dentry_operations proc_dentry_operations =
 struct dentry *proc_lookup_de(struct proc_dir_entry *de, struct inode *dir,
 		struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = NULL;
-	int error = -ENOENT;
+	struct inode *inode;
 
 	spin_lock(&proc_subdir_lock);
 	for (de = de->subdir; de ; de = de->next) {
@@ -422,22 +421,16 @@ struct dentry *proc_lookup_de(struct proc_dir_entry *de, struct inode *dir,
 		if (!memcmp(dentry->d_name.name, de->name, de->namelen)) {
 			pde_get(de);
 			spin_unlock(&proc_subdir_lock);
-			error = -ENOMEM;
 			inode = proc_get_inode(dir->i_sb, de);
-			goto out_unlock;
+			if (!inode)
+				return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+			d_set_d_op(dentry, &proc_dentry_operations);
+			d_add(dentry, inode);
+			return NULL;
 		}
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&proc_subdir_lock);
-out_unlock:
-
-	if (inode) {
-		d_set_d_op(dentry, &proc_dentry_operations);
-		d_add(dentry, inode);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	if (de)
-		pde_put(de);
-	return ERR_PTR(error);
+	return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 }
 
 struct dentry *proc_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
diff --git a/fs/proc/inode.c b/fs/proc/inode.c
index 98a7d2870bef8bb64dd15aa5f74f97d24c17c43e..70322e1a4f0f58dbc4f0831b9ef95af7d9d49d75 100644
--- a/fs/proc/inode.c
+++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
@@ -445,12 +445,9 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_reg_file_ops_no_compat = {
 
 struct inode *proc_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct proc_dir_entry *de)
 {
-	struct inode * inode;
+	struct inode *inode = iget_locked(sb, de->low_ino);
 
-	inode = iget_locked(sb, de->low_ino);
-	if (!inode)
-		return NULL;
-	if (inode->i_state & I_NEW) {
+	if (inode && (inode->i_state & I_NEW)) {
 		inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 		PROC_I(inode)->pde = de;
 
@@ -482,7 +479,7 @@ struct inode *proc_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct proc_dir_entry *de)
 	} else
 	       pde_put(de);
 	return inode;
-}			
+}
 
 int proc_fill_super(struct super_block *s)
 {
@@ -499,7 +496,6 @@ int proc_fill_super(struct super_block *s)
 	root_inode = proc_get_inode(s, &proc_root);
 	if (!root_inode) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "proc_fill_super: get root inode failed\n");
-		pde_put(&proc_root);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}