diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 093ca14..52652f8 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -1380,7 +1380,7 @@
 		return -ENOENT;
 }
 
-static void *proc_pid_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+static const char *proc_pid_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, void **cookie, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
 	struct path path;
diff --git a/fs/proc/inode.c b/fs/proc/inode.c
index 8272aab..acd51d7 100644
--- a/fs/proc/inode.c
+++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/magic.h>
-#include <linux/namei.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
@@ -394,16 +393,16 @@
 };
 #endif
 
-static void *proc_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+static const char *proc_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, void **cookie, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(d_inode(dentry));
 	if (unlikely(!use_pde(pde)))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-	nd_set_link(nd, pde->data);
-	return pde;
+	*cookie = pde;
+	return pde->data;
 }
 
-static void proc_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd, void *p)
+static void proc_put_link(struct dentry *dentry, void *p)
 {
 	unuse_pde(p);
 }
diff --git a/fs/proc/namespaces.c b/fs/proc/namespaces.c
index e512642..10d24dd 100644
--- a/fs/proc/namespaces.c
+++ b/fs/proc/namespaces.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 	&mntns_operations,
 };
 
-static void *proc_ns_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+static const char *proc_ns_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, void **cookie, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
 	const struct proc_ns_operations *ns_ops = PROC_I(inode)->ns_ops;
diff --git a/fs/proc/self.c b/fs/proc/self.c
index 6195b4a..ad33394 100644
--- a/fs/proc/self.c
+++ b/fs/proc/self.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
-#include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/pid_namespace.h>
 #include "internal.h"
@@ -19,21 +18,20 @@
 	return readlink_copy(buffer, buflen, tmp);
 }
 
-static void *proc_self_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+static const char *proc_self_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, void **cookie, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct pid_namespace *ns = dentry->d_sb->s_fs_info;
 	pid_t tgid = task_tgid_nr_ns(current, ns);
-	char *name = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
-	if (tgid) {
-		/* 11 for max length of signed int in decimal + NULL term */
-		name = kmalloc(12, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!name)
-			name = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-		else
-			sprintf(name, "%d", tgid);
-	}
-	nd_set_link(nd, name);
-	return NULL;
+	char *name;
+
+	if (!tgid)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+	/* 11 for max length of signed int in decimal + NULL term */
+	name = kmalloc(12, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!name)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	sprintf(name, "%d", tgid);
+	return *cookie = name;
 }
 
 static const struct inode_operations proc_self_inode_operations = {
diff --git a/fs/proc/thread_self.c b/fs/proc/thread_self.c
index a837199..85c96e0 100644
--- a/fs/proc/thread_self.c
+++ b/fs/proc/thread_self.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
-#include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/pid_namespace.h>
 #include "internal.h"
@@ -20,21 +19,20 @@
 	return readlink_copy(buffer, buflen, tmp);
 }
 
-static void *proc_thread_self_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
+static const char *proc_thread_self_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, void **cookie, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct pid_namespace *ns = dentry->d_sb->s_fs_info;
 	pid_t tgid = task_tgid_nr_ns(current, ns);
 	pid_t pid = task_pid_nr_ns(current, ns);
-	char *name = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
-	if (pid) {
-		name = kmalloc(PROC_NUMBUF + 6 + PROC_NUMBUF, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!name)
-			name = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-		else
-			sprintf(name, "%d/task/%d", tgid, pid);
-	}
-	nd_set_link(nd, name);
-	return NULL;
+	char *name;
+
+	if (!pid)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+	name = kmalloc(PROC_NUMBUF + 6 + PROC_NUMBUF, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!name)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	sprintf(name, "%d/task/%d", tgid, pid);
+	return *cookie = name;
 }
 
 static const struct inode_operations proc_thread_self_inode_operations = {