diff --git a/fs/proc/stat.c b/fs/proc/stat.c
index 46b3293015fe6..4695b6de31512 100644
--- a/fs/proc/stat.c
+++ b/fs/proc/stat.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static int stat_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 static const struct proc_ops stat_proc_ops = {
 	.proc_flags	= PROC_ENTRY_PERMANENT,
 	.proc_open	= stat_open,
-	.proc_read	= seq_read,
+	.proc_read_iter	= seq_read_iter,
 	.proc_lseek	= seq_lseek,
 	.proc_release	= single_release,
 };