diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 8dfa36a99c7421..0e086920dea764 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -1885,7 +1885,7 @@ void proc_pid_evict_inode(struct proc_inode *ei)
 	put_pid(pid);
 }
 
-struct inode *proc_pid_make_inode(struct super_block * sb,
+struct inode *proc_pid_make_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 				  struct task_struct *task, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct inode * inode;
@@ -1914,11 +1914,6 @@ struct inode *proc_pid_make_inode(struct super_block * sb,
 
 	/* Let the pid remember us for quick removal */
 	ei->pid = pid;
-	if (S_ISDIR(mode)) {
-		spin_lock(&pid->lock);
-		hlist_add_head_rcu(&ei->sibling_inodes, &pid->inodes);
-		spin_unlock(&pid->lock);
-	}
 
 	task_dump_owner(task, 0, &inode->i_uid, &inode->i_gid);
 	security_task_to_inode(task, inode);
@@ -1931,6 +1926,27 @@ struct inode *proc_pid_make_inode(struct super_block * sb,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+struct inode *proc_pid_make_base_inode(struct super_block *sb,
+				       struct task_struct *task, umode_t mode)
+{
+	struct inode *inode;
+	struct proc_inode *ei;
+	struct pid *pid;
+
+	inode = proc_pid_make_inode(sb, task, mode);
+	if (!inode)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* Let proc_flush_pid find this directory inode */
+	ei = PROC_I(inode);
+	pid = ei->pid;
+	spin_lock(&pid->lock);
+	hlist_add_head_rcu(&ei->sibling_inodes, &pid->inodes);
+	spin_unlock(&pid->lock);
+
+	return inode;
+}
+
 int pid_getattr(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, const struct path *path,
 		struct kstat *stat, u32 request_mask, unsigned int query_flags)
 {
@@ -3369,7 +3385,8 @@ static struct dentry *proc_pid_instantiate(struct dentry * dentry,
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 
-	inode = proc_pid_make_inode(dentry->d_sb, task, S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO);
+	inode = proc_pid_make_base_inode(dentry->d_sb, task,
+					 S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO);
 	if (!inode)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 
@@ -3671,7 +3688,8 @@ static struct dentry *proc_task_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry,
 	struct task_struct *task, const void *ptr)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
-	inode = proc_pid_make_inode(dentry->d_sb, task, S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO);
+	inode = proc_pid_make_base_inode(dentry->d_sb, task,
+					 S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO);
 	if (!inode)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);