diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index de2d910..32b48e8 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 
+extern int proc_nr_files(ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp,
+                     void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_SYSCTL)
 
 /* External variables not in a header file. */
@@ -943,7 +946,7 @@
 		.data		= &files_stat,
 		.maxlen		= 3*sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0444,
-		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= &proc_nr_files,
 	},
 	{
 		.ctl_name	= FS_MAXFILE,