diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index 75075c3..5d9d713 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -1430,11 +1430,10 @@
 		panic("cannot create neighbour cache statistics");
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
-	tbl->pde = proc_create(tbl->id, 0, init_net.proc_net_stat,
-			       &neigh_stat_seq_fops);
+	tbl->pde = proc_create_data(tbl->id, 0, init_net.proc_net_stat,
+				    &neigh_stat_seq_fops, tbl);
 	if (!tbl->pde)
 		panic("cannot create neighbour proc dir entry");
-	tbl->pde->data = tbl;
 #endif
 
 	tbl->hash_mask = 1;
diff --git a/net/core/pktgen.c b/net/core/pktgen.c
index a803b44..8dca211 100644
--- a/net/core/pktgen.c
+++ b/net/core/pktgen.c
@@ -3570,15 +3570,14 @@
 	if (err)
 		goto out1;
 
-	pkt_dev->entry = proc_create(ifname, 0600,
-				     pg_proc_dir, &pktgen_if_fops);
+	pkt_dev->entry = proc_create_data(ifname, 0600, pg_proc_dir,
+					  &pktgen_if_fops, pkt_dev);
 	if (!pkt_dev->entry) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "pktgen: cannot create %s/%s procfs entry.\n",
 		       PG_PROC_DIR, ifname);
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto out2;
 	}
-	pkt_dev->entry->data = pkt_dev;
 #ifdef CONFIG_XFRM
 	pkt_dev->ipsmode = XFRM_MODE_TRANSPORT;
 	pkt_dev->ipsproto = IPPROTO_ESP;
@@ -3628,7 +3627,8 @@
 	kthread_bind(p, cpu);
 	t->tsk = p;
 
-	pe = proc_create(t->tsk->comm, 0600, pg_proc_dir, &pktgen_thread_fops);
+	pe = proc_create_data(t->tsk->comm, 0600, pg_proc_dir,
+			      &pktgen_thread_fops, t);
 	if (!pe) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "pktgen: cannot create %s/%s procfs entry.\n",
 		       PG_PROC_DIR, t->tsk->comm);
@@ -3638,8 +3638,6 @@
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	pe->data = t;
-
 	wake_up_process(p);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -3716,8 +3714,6 @@
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	pe->data = NULL;
-
 	/* Register us to receive netdevice events */
 	register_netdevice_notifier(&pktgen_notifier_block);