diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index e3cda0b5968f..85566abe6f83 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -499,6 +499,14 @@ out:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_create_data);
  
+struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create(const char *name, umode_t mode,
+				   struct proc_dir_entry *parent,
+				   const struct file_operations *proc_fops)
+{
+	return proc_create_data(name, mode, parent, proc_fops, NULL);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_create);
+
 void proc_set_size(struct proc_dir_entry *de, loff_t size)
 {
 	de->size = size;
diff --git a/include/linux/proc_fs.h b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
index 2d2bf592d9db..76124dd4e36d 100644
--- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
@@ -28,13 +28,7 @@ extern struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create_data(const char *, umode_t,
 					       const struct file_operations *,
 					       void *);
 
-static inline struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create(
-	const char *name, umode_t mode, struct proc_dir_entry *parent,
-	const struct file_operations *proc_fops)
-{
-	return proc_create_data(name, mode, parent, proc_fops, NULL);
-}
-
+struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create(const char *name, umode_t mode, struct proc_dir_entry *parent, const struct file_operations *proc_fops);
 extern void proc_set_size(struct proc_dir_entry *, loff_t);
 extern void proc_set_user(struct proc_dir_entry *, kuid_t, kgid_t);
 extern void *PDE_DATA(const struct inode *);