diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_app.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_app.c
index f9b16f2b2219..fdacbc3c15be 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_app.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_app.c
@@ -599,13 +599,19 @@ static const struct seq_operations ip_vs_app_seq_ops = {
 int __net_init ip_vs_app_net_init(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs)
 {
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ipvs->app_list);
-	proc_create_net("ip_vs_app", 0, ipvs->net->proc_net, &ip_vs_app_seq_ops,
-			sizeof(struct seq_net_private));
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
+	if (!proc_create_net("ip_vs_app", 0, ipvs->net->proc_net,
+			     &ip_vs_app_seq_ops,
+			     sizeof(struct seq_net_private)))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+#endif
 	return 0;
 }
 
 void __net_exit ip_vs_app_net_cleanup(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs)
 {
 	unregister_ip_vs_app(ipvs, NULL /* all */);
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 	remove_proc_entry("ip_vs_app", ipvs->net->proc_net);
+#endif
 }