diff --git a/fs/proc/inode.c b/fs/proc/inode.c
index 93dd20457375..58c075e2a452 100644
--- a/fs/proc/inode.c
+++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
@@ -297,6 +297,21 @@ static loff_t proc_reg_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 	return rv;
 }
 
+static ssize_t proc_reg_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
+{
+	struct proc_dir_entry *pde = PDE(file_inode(iocb->ki_filp));
+	ssize_t ret;
+
+	if (pde_is_permanent(pde))
+		return pde->proc_ops->proc_read_iter(iocb, iter);
+
+	if (!use_pde(pde))
+		return -EIO;
+	ret = pde->proc_ops->proc_read_iter(iocb, iter);
+	unuse_pde(pde);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static ssize_t pde_read(struct proc_dir_entry *pde, struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	typeof_member(struct proc_ops, proc_read) read;
@@ -578,6 +593,18 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_reg_file_ops = {
 	.release	= proc_reg_release,
 };
 
+static const struct file_operations proc_iter_file_ops = {
+	.llseek		= proc_reg_llseek,
+	.read_iter	= proc_reg_read_iter,
+	.write		= proc_reg_write,
+	.poll		= proc_reg_poll,
+	.unlocked_ioctl	= proc_reg_unlocked_ioctl,
+	.mmap		= proc_reg_mmap,
+	.get_unmapped_area = proc_reg_get_unmapped_area,
+	.open		= proc_reg_open,
+	.release	= proc_reg_release,
+};
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 static const struct file_operations proc_reg_file_ops_compat = {
 	.llseek		= proc_reg_llseek,
@@ -591,6 +618,19 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_reg_file_ops_compat = {
 	.open		= proc_reg_open,
 	.release	= proc_reg_release,
 };
+
+static const struct file_operations proc_iter_file_ops_compat = {
+	.llseek		= proc_reg_llseek,
+	.read_iter	= proc_reg_read_iter,
+	.write		= proc_reg_write,
+	.poll		= proc_reg_poll,
+	.unlocked_ioctl	= proc_reg_unlocked_ioctl,
+	.compat_ioctl	= proc_reg_compat_ioctl,
+	.mmap		= proc_reg_mmap,
+	.get_unmapped_area = proc_reg_get_unmapped_area,
+	.open		= proc_reg_open,
+	.release	= proc_reg_release,
+};
 #endif
 
 static void proc_put_link(void *p)
@@ -642,10 +682,17 @@ struct inode *proc_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct proc_dir_entry *de)
 
 	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
 		inode->i_op = de->proc_iops;
-		inode->i_fop = &proc_reg_file_ops;
+		if (de->proc_ops->proc_read_iter)
+			inode->i_fop = &proc_iter_file_ops;
+		else
+			inode->i_fop = &proc_reg_file_ops;
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
-		if (de->proc_ops->proc_compat_ioctl)
-			inode->i_fop = &proc_reg_file_ops_compat;
+		if (de->proc_ops->proc_compat_ioctl) {
+			if (de->proc_ops->proc_read_iter)
+				inode->i_fop = &proc_iter_file_ops_compat;
+			else
+				inode->i_fop = &proc_reg_file_ops_compat;
+		}
 #endif
 	} else if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
 		inode->i_op = de->proc_iops;
diff --git a/include/linux/proc_fs.h b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
index 2df965cd0974..270cab43ca3d 100644
--- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ struct proc_ops {
 	unsigned int proc_flags;
 	int	(*proc_open)(struct inode *, struct file *);
 	ssize_t	(*proc_read)(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
+	ssize_t (*proc_read_iter)(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
 	ssize_t	(*proc_write)(struct file *, const char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
 	loff_t	(*proc_lseek)(struct file *, loff_t, int);
 	int	(*proc_release)(struct inode *, struct file *);