diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_misc.c b/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
index a11968bc05161a7c659fd482d7c5fd62e3edd37d..3462bfde89f68224a4ec48629e26c81feee0e44b 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_modules_operations = {
 };
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SLAB
+#ifdef CONFIG_SLABINFO
 static int slabinfo_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	return seq_open(file, &slabinfo_op);
@@ -451,20 +451,6 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_slabstats_operations = {
 #endif
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SLUB
-static int slabinfo_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
-{
-	return seq_open(file, &slabinfo_op);
-}
-
-static const struct file_operations proc_slabinfo_operations = {
-	.open		= slabinfo_open,
-	.read		= seq_read,
-	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
-	.release	= seq_release,
-};
-#endif
-
 static int show_stat(struct seq_file *p, void *v)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -742,14 +728,11 @@ void __init proc_misc_init(void)
 #endif
 	create_seq_entry("stat", 0, &proc_stat_operations);
 	create_seq_entry("interrupts", 0, &proc_interrupts_operations);
-#ifdef CONFIG_SLAB
+#ifdef CONFIG_SLABINFO
 	create_seq_entry("slabinfo",S_IWUSR|S_IRUGO,&proc_slabinfo_operations);
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB_LEAK
 	create_seq_entry("slab_allocators", 0 ,&proc_slabstats_operations);
 #endif
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_SLUB
-	create_seq_entry("slabinfo", S_IWUSR|S_IRUGO, &proc_slabinfo_operations);
 #endif
 	create_seq_entry("buddyinfo",S_IRUGO, &fragmentation_file_operations);
 	create_seq_entry("pagetypeinfo", S_IRUGO, &pagetypeinfo_file_ops);
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index f3a8eecd99f3c4b5eb68d10389e3b96546699f4d..f62caaad94e00876d7877c8cb738c95f5e61021c 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -271,5 +271,10 @@ static inline void *kzalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
 	return kmalloc(size, flags | __GFP_ZERO);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SLABINFO
+extern const struct seq_operations slabinfo_op;
+ssize_t slabinfo_write(struct file *, const char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
+#endif
+
 #endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif	/* _LINUX_SLAB_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/slab_def.h b/include/linux/slab_def.h
index 32bdc2ffd7151599c9d6468ee4ad448117f097de..fcc48096ee6406be0200c19ea7d6b1a64609dda5 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab_def.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab_def.h
@@ -95,7 +95,4 @@ static inline void *kmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
 
 #endif	/* CONFIG_NUMA */
 
-extern const struct seq_operations slabinfo_op;
-ssize_t slabinfo_write(struct file *, const char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
-
 #endif	/* _LINUX_SLAB_DEF_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/slub_def.h b/include/linux/slub_def.h
index b7d9408a00ff1eb1c820f8cfad0954814545111f..40801e754afb48430e3af7c59497b5726e298250 100644
--- a/include/linux/slub_def.h
+++ b/include/linux/slub_def.h
@@ -200,6 +200,4 @@ static __always_inline void *kmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
 }
 #endif
 
-extern const struct seq_operations slabinfo_op;
-
 #endif /* _LINUX_SLUB_DEF_H */
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 404bbf3699becba6bc43dbe9c945506ad1a93d2c..b9d11a899b8861576be26f883882c969d170701f 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -658,6 +658,12 @@ endchoice
 
 endmenu		# General setup
 
+config SLABINFO
+	bool
+	depends on PROC_FS
+	depends on SLAB || SLUB
+	default y
+
 config RT_MUTEXES
 	boolean
 	select PLIST
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 2e338a5f7b14c6d29216f4c54a74ef5259be01fa..aebb9f68557a514d0b962f268937bcf037249211 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -4105,7 +4105,7 @@ static void cache_reap(struct work_struct *w)
 	schedule_delayed_work(work, round_jiffies_relative(REAPTIMEOUT_CPUC));
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
+#ifdef CONFIG_SLABINFO
 
 static void print_slabinfo_header(struct seq_file *m)
 {
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 903dabd92daf00436452da7fd714816d1a45f504..474945ecd89d828478fd8048558c2a8d980604b3 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -4127,7 +4127,14 @@ __initcall(slab_sysfs_init);
 /*
  * The /proc/slabinfo ABI
  */
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
+#ifdef CONFIG_SLABINFO
+
+ssize_t slabinfo_write(struct file *file, const char __user * buffer,
+                       size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
 
 static void print_slabinfo_header(struct seq_file *m)
 {
@@ -4201,4 +4208,4 @@ const struct seq_operations slabinfo_op = {
 	.show = s_show,
 };
 
-#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
+#endif /* CONFIG_SLABINFO */