diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index 8ae1094..64e9ee1 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * proc/fs/generic.c --- generic routines for the proc-fs
  *
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@
 		inode = proc_get_inode(dir->i_sb, de);
 		if (!inode)
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-		d_set_d_op(dentry, &proc_misc_dentry_ops);
+		d_set_d_op(dentry, de->proc_dops);
 		return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 	}
 	read_unlock(&proc_subdir_lock);
@@ -429,6 +430,8 @@
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ent->pde_openers);
 	proc_set_user(ent, (*parent)->uid, (*parent)->gid);
 
+	ent->proc_dops = &proc_misc_dentry_ops;
+
 out:
 	return ent;
 }