diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index 64e9ee1..8c3dbe1 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -138,8 +138,12 @@
 {
 	struct inode *inode = d_inode(path->dentry);
 	struct proc_dir_entry *de = PDE(inode);
-	if (de && de->nlink)
-		set_nlink(inode, de->nlink);
+	if (de) {
+		nlink_t nlink = READ_ONCE(de->nlink);
+		if (nlink > 0) {
+			set_nlink(inode, nlink);
+		}
+	}
 
 	generic_fillattr(inode, stat);
 	return 0;
@@ -338,6 +342,16 @@
 	.iterate_shared		= proc_readdir,
 };
 
+static int proc_net_d_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+const struct dentry_operations proc_net_dentry_ops = {
+	.d_revalidate	= proc_net_d_revalidate,
+	.d_delete	= always_delete_dentry,
+};
+
 /*
  * proc directories can do almost nothing..
  */
@@ -362,6 +376,7 @@
 		write_unlock(&proc_subdir_lock);
 		goto out_free_inum;
 	}
+	dir->nlink++;
 	write_unlock(&proc_subdir_lock);
 
 	return dp;
@@ -459,8 +474,8 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_symlink);
 
-struct proc_dir_entry *proc_mkdir_data(const char *name, umode_t mode,
-		struct proc_dir_entry *parent, void *data)
+struct proc_dir_entry *_proc_mkdir(const char *name, umode_t mode,
+		struct proc_dir_entry *parent, void *data, bool force_lookup)
 {
 	struct proc_dir_entry *ent;
 
@@ -472,13 +487,20 @@
 		ent->data = data;
 		ent->proc_fops = &proc_dir_operations;
 		ent->proc_iops = &proc_dir_inode_operations;
-		parent->nlink++;
+		if (force_lookup) {
+			pde_force_lookup(ent);
+		}
 		ent = proc_register(parent, ent);
-		if (!ent)
-			parent->nlink--;
 	}
 	return ent;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(_proc_mkdir);
+
+struct proc_dir_entry *proc_mkdir_data(const char *name, umode_t mode,
+		struct proc_dir_entry *parent, void *data)
+{
+	return _proc_mkdir(name, mode, parent, data, false);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(proc_mkdir_data);
 
 struct proc_dir_entry *proc_mkdir_mode(const char *name, umode_t mode,
@@ -505,10 +527,7 @@
 		ent->data = NULL;
 		ent->proc_fops = NULL;
 		ent->proc_iops = NULL;
-		parent->nlink++;
 		ent = proc_register(parent, ent);
-		if (!ent)
-			parent->nlink--;
 	}
 	return ent;
 }
@@ -666,8 +685,12 @@
 	len = strlen(fn);
 
 	de = pde_subdir_find(parent, fn, len);
-	if (de)
+	if (de) {
 		rb_erase(&de->subdir_node, &parent->subdir);
+		if (S_ISDIR(de->mode)) {
+			parent->nlink--;
+		}
+	}
 	write_unlock(&proc_subdir_lock);
 	if (!de) {
 		WARN(1, "name '%s'\n", name);
@@ -676,9 +699,6 @@
 
 	proc_entry_rundown(de);
 
-	if (S_ISDIR(de->mode))
-		parent->nlink--;
-	de->nlink = 0;
 	WARN(pde_subdir_first(de),
 	     "%s: removing non-empty directory '%s/%s', leaking at least '%s'\n",
 	     __func__, de->parent->name, de->name, pde_subdir_first(de)->name);
@@ -714,13 +734,12 @@
 			de = next;
 			continue;
 		}
-		write_unlock(&proc_subdir_lock);
-
-		proc_entry_rundown(de);
 		next = de->parent;
 		if (S_ISDIR(de->mode))
 			next->nlink--;
-		de->nlink = 0;
+		write_unlock(&proc_subdir_lock);
+
+		proc_entry_rundown(de);
 		if (de == root)
 			break;
 		pde_put(de);