diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_devtree.c b/fs/proc/proc_devtree.c
index 106a83570630..9fa215473b1d 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_devtree.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_devtree.c
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ 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;
 	}