static struct neigh_sysctl_table {
        struct ctl_table_header *sysctl_header;
-       ctl_table               neigh_vars[__NET_NEIGH_MAX];
-       ctl_table               neigh_dev[2];
-       ctl_table               neigh_neigh_dir[2];
-       ctl_table               neigh_proto_dir[2];
-       ctl_table               neigh_root_dir[2];
+       struct ctl_table neigh_vars[__NET_NEIGH_MAX];
+       char *dev_name;
 } neigh_sysctl_template __read_mostly = {
        .neigh_vars = {
                {
                        .mode           = 0644,
                        .proc_handler   = &proc_dointvec,
                },
-               {}
-       },
-       .neigh_dev = {
-               {
-                       .ctl_name       = NET_PROTO_CONF_DEFAULT,
-                       .procname       = "default",
-                       .mode           = 0555,
-               },
-       },
-       .neigh_neigh_dir = {
-               {
-                       .procname       = "neigh",
-                       .mode           = 0555,
-               },
-       },
-       .neigh_proto_dir = {
-               {
-                       .mode           = 0555,
-               },
-       },
-       .neigh_root_dir = {
-               {
-                       .ctl_name       = CTL_NET,
-                       .procname       = "net",
-                       .mode           = 0555,
-               },
+               {},
        },
 };
 
 {
        struct neigh_sysctl_table *t;
        const char *dev_name_source = NULL;
-       char *dev_name = NULL;
+
+#define NEIGH_CTL_PATH_ROOT    0
+#define NEIGH_CTL_PATH_PROTO   1
+#define NEIGH_CTL_PATH_NEIGH   2
+#define NEIGH_CTL_PATH_DEV     3
+
+       struct ctl_path neigh_path[] = {
+               { .procname = "net",     .ctl_name = CTL_NET, },
+               { .procname = "proto",   .ctl_name = 0, },
+               { .procname = "neigh",   .ctl_name = 0, },
+               { .procname = "default", .ctl_name = NET_PROTO_CONF_DEFAULT, },
+               { },
+       };
 
        t = kmemdup(&neigh_sysctl_template, sizeof(*t), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!t)
 
        if (dev) {
                dev_name_source = dev->name;
-               t->neigh_dev[0].ctl_name = dev->ifindex;
+               neigh_path[NEIGH_CTL_PATH_DEV].ctl_name = dev->ifindex;
                /* Terminate the table early */
                memset(&t->neigh_vars[14], 0, sizeof(t->neigh_vars[14]));
        } else {
-               dev_name_source = t->neigh_dev[0].procname;
+               dev_name_source = neigh_path[NEIGH_CTL_PATH_DEV].procname;
                t->neigh_vars[14].data = (int *)(p + 1);
                t->neigh_vars[15].data = (int *)(p + 1) + 1;
                t->neigh_vars[16].data = (int *)(p + 1) + 2;
                        t->neigh_vars[13].ctl_name = CTL_UNNUMBERED;
        }
 
-       dev_name = kstrdup(dev_name_source, GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!dev_name)
+       t->dev_name = kstrdup(dev_name_source, GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!t->dev_name)
                goto free;
 
-       t->neigh_dev[0].procname = dev_name;
-
-       t->neigh_neigh_dir[0].ctl_name = pdev_id;
-
-       t->neigh_proto_dir[0].procname = p_name;
-       t->neigh_proto_dir[0].ctl_name = p_id;
-
-       t->neigh_dev[0].child          = t->neigh_vars;
-       t->neigh_neigh_dir[0].child    = t->neigh_dev;
-       t->neigh_proto_dir[0].child    = t->neigh_neigh_dir;
-       t->neigh_root_dir[0].child     = t->neigh_proto_dir;
+       neigh_path[NEIGH_CTL_PATH_DEV].procname = t->dev_name;
+       neigh_path[NEIGH_CTL_PATH_NEIGH].ctl_name = pdev_id;
+       neigh_path[NEIGH_CTL_PATH_PROTO].procname = p_name;
+       neigh_path[NEIGH_CTL_PATH_PROTO].ctl_name = p_id;
 
-       t->sysctl_header = register_sysctl_table(t->neigh_root_dir);
+       t->sysctl_header = register_sysctl_paths(neigh_path, t->neigh_vars);
        if (!t->sysctl_header)
                goto free_procname;
 
        return 0;
 
 free_procname:
-       kfree(dev_name);
+       kfree(t->dev_name);
 free:
        kfree(t);
 err:
                struct neigh_sysctl_table *t = p->sysctl_table;
                p->sysctl_table = NULL;
                unregister_sysctl_table(t->sysctl_header);
-               kfree(t->neigh_dev[0].procname);
+               kfree(t->dev_name);
                kfree(t);
        }
 }