diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CLUSTERIP.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CLUSTERIP.c
index a6b8c1a4102b..0a783cd73faf 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CLUSTERIP.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CLUSTERIP.c
@@ -144,7 +144,12 @@ clusterip_config_find_get(struct net *net, __be32 clusterip, int entry)
 	rcu_read_lock_bh();
 	c = __clusterip_config_find(net, clusterip);
 	if (c) {
-		if (!c->pde || unlikely(!atomic_inc_not_zero(&c->refcount)))
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
+		if (!c->pde)
+			c = NULL;
+		else
+#endif
+		if (unlikely(!atomic_inc_not_zero(&c->refcount)))
 			c = NULL;
 		else if (entry)
 			atomic_inc(&c->entries);