diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index 21e1a8f..6bce607 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -541,19 +541,18 @@
 		return ret;
 
 	if (S_ISDIR(dp->mode)) {
-		if (dp->proc_iops == NULL) {
-			dp->proc_fops = &proc_dir_operations;
-			dp->proc_iops = &proc_dir_inode_operations;
-		}
+		dp->proc_fops = &proc_dir_operations;
+		dp->proc_iops = &proc_dir_inode_operations;
 		dir->nlink++;
 	} else if (S_ISLNK(dp->mode)) {
-		if (dp->proc_iops == NULL)
-			dp->proc_iops = &proc_link_inode_operations;
+		dp->proc_iops = &proc_link_inode_operations;
 	} else if (S_ISREG(dp->mode)) {
 		if (dp->proc_fops == NULL)
 			dp->proc_fops = &proc_file_operations;
-		if (dp->proc_iops == NULL)
-			dp->proc_iops = &proc_file_inode_operations;
+		dp->proc_iops = &proc_file_inode_operations;
+	} else {
+		WARN_ON(1);
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	spin_lock(&proc_subdir_lock);
@@ -680,21 +679,19 @@
 					 struct proc_dir_entry *parent)
 {
 	struct proc_dir_entry *ent;
-	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;
+	if ((mode & S_IFMT) == 0)
+		mode |= S_IFREG;
+
+	if (!S_ISREG(mode)) {
+		WARN_ON(1);	/* use proc_mkdir(), damnit */
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	ent = __proc_create(&parent, name, mode, nlink);
+	if ((mode & S_IALLUGO) == 0)
+		mode |= S_IRUGO;
+
+	ent = __proc_create(&parent, name, mode, 1);
 	if (ent) {
 		if (proc_register(parent, ent) < 0) {
 			kfree(ent);
@@ -711,21 +708,17 @@
 					void *data)
 {
 	struct proc_dir_entry *pde;
-	nlink_t nlink;
+	if ((mode & S_IFMT) == 0)
+		mode |= S_IFREG;
 
-	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;
+	if (!S_ISREG(mode)) {
+		WARN_ON(1);	/* use proc_mkdir() */
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	pde = __proc_create(&parent, name, mode, nlink);
+	if ((mode & S_IALLUGO) == 0)
+		mode |= S_IRUGO;
+	pde = __proc_create(&parent, name, mode, 1);
 	if (!pde)
 		goto out;
 	pde->proc_fops = proc_fops;