diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 5ab1849971b4..1b548d060d28 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -2459,11 +2459,10 @@ static struct dentry *proc_pident_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry,
 
 static struct dentry *proc_pident_lookup(struct inode *dir, 
 					 struct dentry *dentry,
-					 const struct pid_entry *ents,
-					 unsigned int nents)
+					 const struct pid_entry *p,
+					 const struct pid_entry *end)
 {
 	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(dir);
-	const struct pid_entry *p, *last;
 	struct dentry *res = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 
 	if (!task)
@@ -2473,8 +2472,7 @@ static struct dentry *proc_pident_lookup(struct inode *dir,
 	 * Yes, it does not scale. And it should not. Don't add
 	 * new entries into /proc/<tgid>/ without very good reasons.
 	 */
-	last = &ents[nents];
-	for (p = ents; p < last; p++) {
+	for (; p < end; p++) {
 		if (p->len != dentry->d_name.len)
 			continue;
 		if (!memcmp(dentry->d_name.name, p->name, p->len)) {
@@ -2610,7 +2608,7 @@ static struct dentry *proc_##LSM##_attr_dir_lookup(struct inode *dir, \
 { \
 	return proc_pident_lookup(dir, dentry, \
 				  LSM##_attr_dir_stuff, \
-				  ARRAY_SIZE(LSM##_attr_dir_stuff)); \
+				  LSM##_attr_dir_stuff + ARRAY_SIZE(LSM##_attr_dir_stuff)); \
 } \
 \
 static const struct inode_operations proc_##LSM##_attr_dir_inode_ops = { \
@@ -2655,7 +2653,8 @@ static struct dentry *proc_attr_dir_lookup(struct inode *dir,
 				struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	return proc_pident_lookup(dir, dentry,
-				  attr_dir_stuff, ARRAY_SIZE(attr_dir_stuff));
+				  attr_dir_stuff,
+				  attr_dir_stuff + ARRAY_SIZE(attr_dir_stuff));
 }
 
 static const struct inode_operations proc_attr_dir_inode_operations = {
@@ -3091,7 +3090,8 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_tgid_base_operations = {
 static struct dentry *proc_tgid_base_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	return proc_pident_lookup(dir, dentry,
-				  tgid_base_stuff, ARRAY_SIZE(tgid_base_stuff));
+				  tgid_base_stuff,
+				  tgid_base_stuff + ARRAY_SIZE(tgid_base_stuff));
 }
 
 static const struct inode_operations proc_tgid_base_inode_operations = {
@@ -3463,7 +3463,8 @@ static int proc_tid_base_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 static struct dentry *proc_tid_base_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	return proc_pident_lookup(dir, dentry,
-				  tid_base_stuff, ARRAY_SIZE(tid_base_stuff));
+				  tid_base_stuff,
+				  tid_base_stuff + ARRAY_SIZE(tid_base_stuff));
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations proc_tid_base_operations = {