diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_stats.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_stats.c
index e19b84a327d1..e6efebbdb793 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_stats.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_stats.c
@@ -243,9 +243,10 @@ xfs_init_procfs(void)
 	if (!proc_mkdir("fs/xfs", NULL))
 		goto out;
 
-	if (!proc_create("fs/xfs/stat", 0, NULL,
-			 &xfs_stat_proc_fops))
+	if (!proc_symlink("fs/xfs/stat", NULL,
+			  "/sys/fs/xfs/stats/stats"))
 		goto out_remove_xfs_dir;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_XFS_QUOTA
 	if (!proc_create("fs/xfs/xqmstat", 0, NULL,
 			 &xqmstat_proc_fops))