diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a7093fdc8d3e..f1f8d28d4f10 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8d6ecfcc014332fd2fe933f64194160f0e3a6696
+refs/heads/master: 3cc3e04636d603778d921854b84ae7bd34a349a2
diff --git a/trunk/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/trunk/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index e573f9b4f22e..15444850b3e8 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -267,10 +267,10 @@ static struct ctl_table *find_in_table(struct ctl_table *p, struct qstr *name)
 
 static struct ctl_table_header *grab_header(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	if (PROC_I(inode)->sysctl)
-		return sysctl_head_grab(PROC_I(inode)->sysctl);
-	else
-		return sysctl_head_next(NULL);
+	struct ctl_table_header *head = PROC_I(inode)->sysctl;
+	if (!head)
+		head = &root_table_header;
+	return sysctl_head_grab(head);
 }
 
 static struct dentry *proc_sys_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,