diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index 5b78739e60e406c75abfc7677f41ea5c5806b554..f2132407e1335755bfe85fec2a41995bd36d2620 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -791,12 +791,6 @@ void proc_remove(struct proc_dir_entry *de)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(proc_remove);
 
-void *PDE_DATA(const struct inode *inode)
-{
-	return __PDE_DATA(inode);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(PDE_DATA);
-
 /*
  * Pull a user buffer into memory and pass it to the file's write handler if
  * one is supplied.  The ->write() method is permitted to modify the
diff --git a/fs/proc/inode.c b/fs/proc/inode.c
index 599eb724ff2d57d3c2f315952a28cbc8eda804a3..f84355c5a36d3482fcf29d1206a4d725ef67504b 100644
--- a/fs/proc/inode.c
+++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
@@ -650,6 +650,7 @@ struct inode *proc_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct proc_dir_entry *de)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	inode->i_private = de->data;
 	inode->i_ino = de->low_ino;
 	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
 	PROC_I(inode)->pde = de;
diff --git a/fs/proc/internal.h b/fs/proc/internal.h
index 03415f3fb3a8184742d73584c7414490a273af25..06a80f78433d8b40f48aa9419f3b51c9e8f77f65 100644
--- a/fs/proc/internal.h
+++ b/fs/proc/internal.h
@@ -115,11 +115,6 @@ static inline struct proc_dir_entry *PDE(const struct inode *inode)
 	return PROC_I(inode)->pde;
 }
 
-static inline void *__PDE_DATA(const struct inode *inode)
-{
-	return PDE(inode)->data;
-}
-
 static inline struct pid *proc_pid(const struct inode *inode)
 {
 	return PROC_I(inode)->pid;
diff --git a/include/linux/proc_fs.h b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
index 01b9268451a8ecc71350d670950d8f91b810ccfb..b6e7005cc1b2797ca7454f7986adae917cf76172 100644
--- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
@@ -110,7 +110,18 @@ extern struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create_data(const char *, umode_t,
 struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create(const char *name, umode_t mode, struct proc_dir_entry *parent, const struct proc_ops *proc_ops);
 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 *);
+
+/*
+ * Obtain the private data passed by user through proc_create_data() or
+ * related.
+ */
+static inline void *pde_data(const struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return inode->i_private;
+}
+
+#define PDE_DATA(i)	pde_data(i)
+
 extern void *proc_get_parent_data(const struct inode *);
 extern void proc_remove(struct proc_dir_entry *);
 extern void remove_proc_entry(const char *, struct proc_dir_entry *);