diff --git a/fs/proc/inode.c b/fs/proc/inode.c
index a86aebc9ba7c25..869116c2afbe4d 100644
--- a/fs/proc/inode.c
+++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
@@ -446,9 +446,10 @@ 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 = iget_locked(sb, de->low_ino);
+	struct inode *inode = new_inode_pseudo(sb);
 
-	if (inode && (inode->i_state & I_NEW)) {
+	if (inode) {
+		inode->i_ino = de->low_ino;
 		inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 		PROC_I(inode)->pde = de;
 
@@ -476,7 +477,6 @@ struct inode *proc_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct proc_dir_entry *de)
 				inode->i_fop = de->proc_fops;
 			}
 		}
-		unlock_new_inode(inode);
 	} else
 	       pde_put(de);
 	return inode;