diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_devtree.c b/fs/proc/proc_devtree.c
index c824187251f67acfac50a5f5551e2a165dcf2fff..c82dd5147845d07053fd1fa37398d8c6da2560f5 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_devtree.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_devtree.c
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ void __init proc_device_tree_init(void)
 		return;
 	root = of_find_node_by_path("/");
 	if (root == NULL) {
+		remove_proc_entry("device-tree", NULL);
 		pr_debug("/proc/device-tree: can't find root\n");
 		return;
 	}