diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index d4c8589987e7..71a38b275814 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ struct dentry *proc_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 {
 	struct proc_fs_info *fs_info = proc_sb_info(dir->i_sb);
 
-	if (fs_info->pidonly == PROC_PIDONLY_ON && !proc_has_allowlist(fs_info))
+	if ((fs_info->subset & PROC_SUBSET_PIDONLY) && !(fs_info->subset & PROC_SUBSET_ALLOWLIST))
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 
 	return proc_lookup_de(dir, dentry, PDE(dir));
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ int proc_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct proc_fs_info *fs_info = proc_sb_info(inode->i_sb);
 
-	if (fs_info->pidonly == PROC_PIDONLY_ON && !proc_has_allowlist(fs_info))
+	if ((fs_info->subset & PROC_SUBSET_PIDONLY) && !(fs_info->subset & PROC_SUBSET_ALLOWLIST))
 		return 1;
 
 	return proc_readdir_de(file, ctx, PDE(inode));
diff --git a/fs/proc/inode.c b/fs/proc/inode.c
index f495fdb39151..4c486237a16b 100644
--- a/fs/proc/inode.c
+++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
@@ -184,9 +184,19 @@ static int proc_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct dentry *root)
 		seq_printf(seq, ",gid=%u", from_kgid_munged(&init_user_ns, fs_info->pid_gid));
 	if (fs_info->hide_pid != HIDEPID_OFF)
 		seq_printf(seq, ",hidepid=%s", hidepid2str(fs_info->hide_pid));
-	if (fs_info->pidonly != PROC_PIDONLY_OFF)
-		seq_printf(seq, ",subset=pid");
-
+	if (fs_info->subset & PROC_SUBSET_SET) {
+		bool need_delim = false;
+		seq_printf(seq, ",subset=");
+		if (fs_info->subset & PROC_SUBSET_PIDONLY) {
+			seq_printf(seq, "pid");
+			need_delim = true;
+		}
+		if (fs_info->subset & PROC_SUBSET_ALLOWLIST) {
+			if (need_delim)
+				seq_printf(seq, "+");
+			seq_printf(seq, "allowlist");
+		}
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/proc/internal.h b/fs/proc/internal.h
index 999d105f6f96..3e1b1f29b13d 100644
--- a/fs/proc/internal.h
+++ b/fs/proc/internal.h
@@ -334,14 +334,8 @@ static inline void pde_force_lookup(struct proc_dir_entry *pde)
  * proc_allowlist.c
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_ALLOW_LIST
-extern bool proc_has_allowlist(struct proc_fs_info *);
 extern bool proc_pde_access_allowed(struct proc_fs_info *, struct proc_dir_entry *);
 #else
-static inline bool proc_has_allowlist(struct proc_fs_info *fs_info)
-{
-	return false;
-}
-
 static inline bool proc_pde_access_allowed(struct proc_fs_info *fs_info, struct proc_dir_entry *pde)
 {
 	return true;
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_allowlist.c b/fs/proc/proc_allowlist.c
index b38e11b04199..2153acb8e467 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_allowlist.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_allowlist.c
@@ -16,38 +16,24 @@
 #define FILE_SEQFILE(f) ((struct seq_file *)((f)->private_data))
 #define FILE_DATA(f) (FILE_SEQFILE(f)->private)
 
-bool proc_has_allowlist(struct proc_fs_info *fs_info)
-{
-	bool ret;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	read_lock_irqsave(&fs_info->allowlist_lock, flags);
-	ret = (fs_info->allowlist == NULL);
-	read_unlock_irqrestore(&fs_info->allowlist_lock, flags);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 bool proc_pde_access_allowed(struct proc_fs_info *fs_info, struct proc_dir_entry *de)
 {
 	bool ret = false;
 	char *ptr;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	read_lock_irqsave(&fs_info->allowlist_lock, flags);
-
-	if (!fs_info->allowlist) {
-		read_unlock_irqrestore(&fs_info->allowlist_lock, flags);
-
+	if (!(fs_info->subset & PROC_SUBSET_ALLOWLIST)) {
 		if (!pde_is_allowlist(de))
 			ret = true;
 
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	read_lock_irqsave(&fs_info->allowlist_lock, flags);
+
 	ptr = fs_info->allowlist;
 
-	while (*ptr != '\0') {
+	while (ptr && *ptr != '\0') {
 		struct proc_dir_entry *pde;
 		char *sep, *end;
 		size_t len, pathlen;
diff --git a/fs/proc/root.c b/fs/proc/root.c
index 1564f5cd118d..6e9b125072e5 100644
--- a/fs/proc/root.c
+++ b/fs/proc/root.c
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ struct proc_fs_context {
 	unsigned int		mask;
 	enum proc_hidepid	hidepid;
 	int			gid;
-	enum proc_pidonly	pidonly;
-	enum proc_allowlist	allowlist;
+	unsigned int		subset;
 };
 
 enum proc_param {
@@ -91,6 +90,8 @@ static int proc_parse_subset_param(struct fs_context *fc, char *value)
 {
 	struct proc_fs_context *ctx = fc->fs_private;
 
+	ctx->subset |= PROC_SUBSET_SET;
+
 	while (value) {
 		char *ptr = strchr(value, '+');
 
@@ -99,10 +100,10 @@ static int proc_parse_subset_param(struct fs_context *fc, char *value)
 
 		if (*value != '\0') {
 			if (!strcmp(value, "pid")) {
-				ctx->pidonly = PROC_PIDONLY_ON;
+				ctx->subset |= PROC_SUBSET_PIDONLY;
 			} else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PROC_ALLOW_LIST) &&
 				   !strcmp(value, "allowlist")) {
-				ctx->allowlist = PROC_ALLOWLIST_ON;
+				ctx->subset |= PROC_SUBSET_ALLOWLIST;
 			} else {
 				return invalf(fc, "proc: unsupported subset option - %s\n", value);
 			}
@@ -169,8 +170,8 @@ static void proc_apply_options(struct proc_fs_info *fs_info,
 	if (ctx->mask & (1 << Opt_hidepid))
 		fs_info->hide_pid = ctx->hidepid;
 	if (ctx->mask & (1 << Opt_subset)) {
-		fs_info->pidonly = ctx->pidonly;
-		if (ctx->allowlist == PROC_ALLOWLIST_ON) {
+		fs_info->subset = ctx->subset;
+		if (ctx->subset & PROC_SUBSET_ALLOWLIST) {
 			fs_info->allowlist = proc_init_allowlist();
 		} else {
 			fs_info->allowlist = NULL;
@@ -346,14 +347,21 @@ static int proc_root_getattr(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
 
 static struct dentry *proc_root_lookup(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	if (!proc_pid_lookup(dentry, flags))
-		return NULL;
+	struct proc_fs_info *fs_info = proc_sb_info(dir->i_sb);
+
+	if (!(fs_info->subset & PROC_SUBSET_SET) || (fs_info->subset & PROC_SUBSET_PIDONLY)) {
+		if (!proc_pid_lookup(dentry, flags))
+			return NULL;
+	}
 
 	return proc_lookup(dir, dentry, flags);
 }
 
 static int proc_root_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
+	struct proc_fs_info *fs_info = proc_sb_info(inode->i_sb);
+
 	if (ctx->pos < FIRST_PROCESS_ENTRY) {
 		int error = proc_readdir(file, ctx);
 		if (unlikely(error <= 0))
@@ -361,6 +369,9 @@ static int proc_root_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 		ctx->pos = FIRST_PROCESS_ENTRY;
 	}
 
+	if ((fs_info->subset & PROC_SUBSET_SET) && !(fs_info->subset & PROC_SUBSET_PIDONLY))
+		return 1;
+
 	return proc_pid_readdir(file, ctx);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/proc_fs.h b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
index 9105d75aeb18..08d0d0ae6e42 100644
--- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
@@ -53,15 +53,10 @@ enum proc_hidepid {
 	HIDEPID_NOT_PTRACEABLE = 4, /* Limit pids to only ptraceable pids */
 };
 
-/* definitions for proc mount option pidonly */
-enum proc_pidonly {
-	PROC_PIDONLY_OFF = 0,
-	PROC_PIDONLY_ON  = 1,
-};
-
-enum proc_allowlist {
-	PROC_ALLOWLIST_OFF = 0,
-	PROC_ALLOWLIST_ON  = 1,
+enum proc_subset {
+	PROC_SUBSET_SET		= (1 << 0),
+	PROC_SUBSET_PIDONLY	= (1 << 1),
+	PROC_SUBSET_ALLOWLIST	= (1 << 2),
 };
 
 struct proc_fs_info {
@@ -70,7 +65,7 @@ struct proc_fs_info {
 	struct dentry *proc_thread_self; /* For /proc/thread-self */
 	kgid_t pid_gid;
 	enum proc_hidepid hide_pid;
-	enum proc_pidonly pidonly;
+	unsigned int subset;
 	char *allowlist;
 	rwlock_t allowlist_lock;
 };
