{
        struct sunrpc_net *sn = net_generic(net, sunrpc_net_id);
 
-       if (!proc_create_data("gss_krb5_enctypes", S_IFREG | 0444,
-                             sn->proc_net_rpc,
-                             &gss_krb5_enctypes_proc_ops, net))
-               return -ENOMEM;
-       return 0;
+       sn->gss_krb5_enctypes =
+               proc_create_data("gss_krb5_enctypes", S_IFREG | 0444,
+                                sn->proc_net_rpc, &gss_krb5_enctypes_proc_ops,
+                                net);
+       return sn->gss_krb5_enctypes ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 static void destroy_krb5_enctypes_proc_entry(struct net *net)
 {
        struct sunrpc_net *sn = net_generic(net, sunrpc_net_id);
 
-       remove_proc_entry("gss_krb5_enctypes", sn->proc_net_rpc);
+       if (sn->gss_krb5_enctypes)
+               remove_proc_entry("gss_krb5_enctypes", sn->proc_net_rpc);
 }
 
 #else /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
 
        int pipe_version;
        atomic_t pipe_users;
        struct proc_dir_entry *use_gssp_proc;
+       struct proc_dir_entry *gss_krb5_enctypes;
 };
 
 extern unsigned int sunrpc_net_id;