diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index 0f3d97d41b0f..9d53b39a9cf8 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -675,9 +675,10 @@ struct proc_dir_entry *create_proc_entry(const char *name, mode_t mode,
 	return ent;
 }
 
-struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create(const char *name, mode_t mode,
-				   struct proc_dir_entry *parent,
-				   const struct file_operations *proc_fops)
+struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create_data(const char *name, mode_t mode,
+					struct proc_dir_entry *parent,
+					const struct file_operations *proc_fops,
+					void *data)
 {
 	struct proc_dir_entry *pde;
 	nlink_t nlink;
@@ -698,6 +699,7 @@ struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create(const char *name, mode_t mode,
 	if (!pde)
 		goto out;
 	pde->proc_fops = proc_fops;
+	pde->data = data;
 	if (proc_register(parent, pde) < 0)
 		goto out_free;
 	return pde;
diff --git a/fs/proc/root.c b/fs/proc/root.c
index c741b45a5503..95117538a4f6 100644
--- a/fs/proc/root.c
+++ b/fs/proc/root.c
@@ -230,5 +230,5 @@ void pid_ns_release_proc(struct pid_namespace *ns)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_symlink);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_mkdir);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(create_proc_entry);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_create);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_create_data);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(remove_proc_entry);
diff --git a/include/linux/proc_fs.h b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
index 29abcb805754..9883bc942262 100644
--- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
@@ -116,9 +116,10 @@ void de_put(struct proc_dir_entry *de);
 
 extern struct proc_dir_entry *create_proc_entry(const char *name, mode_t mode,
 						struct proc_dir_entry *parent);
-struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create(const char *name, mode_t mode,
+struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create_data(const char *name, mode_t mode,
 				struct proc_dir_entry *parent,
-				const struct file_operations *proc_fops);
+				const struct file_operations *proc_fops,
+				void *data);
 extern void remove_proc_entry(const char *name, struct proc_dir_entry *parent);
 
 extern struct vfsmount *proc_mnt;
@@ -173,6 +174,12 @@ extern struct proc_dir_entry *proc_mkdir(const char *,struct proc_dir_entry *);
 extern struct proc_dir_entry *proc_mkdir_mode(const char *name, mode_t mode,
 			struct proc_dir_entry *parent);
 
+static inline struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create(const char *name, mode_t mode,
+	struct proc_dir_entry *parent, const struct file_operations *proc_fops)
+{
+	return proc_create_data(name, mode, parent, proc_fops, NULL);
+}
+
 static inline struct proc_dir_entry *create_proc_read_entry(const char *name,
 	mode_t mode, struct proc_dir_entry *base, 
 	read_proc_t *read_proc, void * data)
@@ -214,6 +221,12 @@ static inline struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create(const char *name,
 {
 	return NULL;
 }
+static inline struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create_data(const char *name,
+	mode_t mode, struct proc_dir_entry *parent,
+	const struct file_operations *proc_fops, void *data)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
 #define remove_proc_entry(name, parent) do {} while (0)
 
 static inline struct proc_dir_entry *proc_symlink(const char *name,