diff --git a/fs/nfs/Kconfig b/fs/nfs/Kconfig
index 6764dbf66d055410ae8371fdb67effb226749e6c..f81a729c00e9485179ecc1ca4f0916cd0c7d54fa 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/nfs/Kconfig
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ config NFS_V2
 	  If unsure, say Y.
 
 config NFS_V3
-	bool "NFS client support for NFS version 3"
+	tristate "NFS client support for NFS version 3"
 	depends on NFS_FS
 	default y
 	help
diff --git a/fs/nfs/Makefile b/fs/nfs/Makefile
index df61db41bfa874e37cebfa1c3a40fa076ebe09fb..01846edc5c94f8e8c425065d7676e2db60f1f620 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/nfs/Makefile
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ nfs-y 			:= client.o dir.o file.o getroot.o inode.o super.o \
 			   write.o namespace.o mount_clnt.o \
 			   dns_resolve.o cache_lib.o
 nfs-$(CONFIG_ROOT_NFS)	+= nfsroot.o
-nfs-$(CONFIG_NFS_V3)	+= nfs3super.o nfs3client.o nfs3proc.o nfs3xdr.o
-nfs-$(CONFIG_NFS_V3_ACL)	+= nfs3acl.o
 nfs-$(CONFIG_NFS_V4)	+= nfs4proc.o nfs4xdr.o nfs4state.o nfs4renewd.o \
 			   nfs4super.o nfs4file.o delegation.o idmap.o \
 			   callback.o callback_xdr.o callback_proc.o \
@@ -27,6 +25,10 @@ nfs-$(CONFIG_NFS_FSCACHE) += fscache.o fscache-index.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NFS_V2) += nfs2.o
 nfs2-y := nfs2super.o proc.o nfs2xdr.o
 
+obj-$(CONFIG_NFS_V3) += nfs3.o
+nfs3-y := nfs3super.o nfs3client.o nfs3proc.o nfs3xdr.o
+nfs3-$(CONFIG_NFS_V3_ACL) += nfs3acl.o
+
 obj-$(CONFIG_PNFS_FILE_LAYOUT) += nfs_layout_nfsv41_files.o
 nfs_layout_nfsv41_files-y := nfs4filelayout.o nfs4filelayoutdev.o
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/client.c b/fs/nfs/client.c
index fa8acf5103331766c1bb6ac3c157afd1d7529a9f..8687b6b6edc160d69725d5f24dd198526c3f184b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/client.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/client.c
@@ -149,10 +149,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_nfs_version);
  */
 int __init nfs_register_versions(void)
 {
-	int err = init_nfs_v3();
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-
 	return init_nfs_v4();
 }
 
@@ -161,7 +157,6 @@ int __init nfs_register_versions(void)
  */
 void nfs_unregister_versions(void)
 {
-	exit_nfs_v3();
 	exit_nfs_v4();
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index c382a6d5e1779d05ddda62c17b0b5fc6b12e7d24..55438c970cbfa4dd513f4a9ac50ea5ca7009df62 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -1981,6 +1981,7 @@ void nfs_access_zap_cache(struct inode *inode)
 	spin_unlock(&nfs_access_lru_lock);
 	nfs_access_free_list(&head);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_access_zap_cache);
 
 static struct nfs_access_entry *nfs_access_search_rbtree(struct inode *inode, struct rpc_cred *cred)
 {
diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c
index 42dce909ec70073509c33eabdf8b9784eda68faf..899238156b11fb8d4d777c6030bca5ea90d12bd1 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ static void nfs_inode_dio_write_done(struct inode *inode)
 	inode_dio_done(inode);
 }
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_NFS_V3) || defined(CONFIG_NFS_V4)
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NFS_V3) || defined(CONFIG_NFS_V4)
 static void nfs_direct_write_reschedule(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq)
 {
 	struct nfs_pageio_descriptor desc;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index f358b976e9e683167dd51855ed28d090f1238a95..78dfc3e895ecd1e086298d0f5676d9d228b7baa7 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ void nfs_zap_acl_cache(struct inode *inode)
 	NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity &= ~NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL;
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_zap_acl_cache);
 
 void nfs_invalidate_atime(struct inode *inode)
 {
@@ -847,6 +848,7 @@ int nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server *server, struct inode *inode)
 		return NFS_STALE(inode) ? -ESTALE : 0;
 	return __nfs_revalidate_inode(server, inode);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_revalidate_inode);
 
 static int nfs_invalidate_mapping(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping)
 {
@@ -1213,6 +1215,7 @@ int nfs_post_op_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 	return status;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_post_op_update_inode);
 
 /**
  * nfs_post_op_update_inode_force_wcc - try to update the inode attribute cache
diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index 4174faf73ec143be499364c862b9aae4e252ee5e..64f0dc41a9b7b9991c5e884dce19f9d3c33795a7 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ int nfs_sockaddr_match_ipaddr(const struct sockaddr *, const struct sockaddr *);
 #endif
 
 /* nfs3client.c */
-#ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V3
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NFS_V3)
 struct nfs_server *nfs3_create_server(struct nfs_mount_info *, struct nfs_subversion *);
 struct nfs_server *nfs3_clone_server(struct nfs_server *, struct nfs_fh *,
 				     struct nfs_fattr *, rpc_authflavor_t);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs.h b/fs/nfs/nfs.h
index f5d1cf5f5dc793598d367afbacad0ebc608c8889..3e1b84baa57f750a6303a192decbf70dba76eed2 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs.h
@@ -24,20 +24,6 @@ struct nfs_subversion {
 int nfs_register_versions(void);
 void nfs_unregister_versions(void);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V3
-int init_nfs_v3(void);
-void exit_nfs_v3(void);
-#else /* CONFIG_NFS_V3 */
-static inline int __init init_nfs_v3(void)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static inline void exit_nfs_v3(void)
-{
-}
-#endif /* CONFIG_NFS_V3 */
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V4
 int init_nfs_v4(void);
 void exit_nfs_v4(void);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs3super.c b/fs/nfs/nfs3super.c
index 8378090b8104129596df5d39ce2561e6124c327e..cc471c7252300060c4dae042f77c0190762961f5 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs3super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs3super.c
@@ -14,13 +14,18 @@ static struct nfs_subversion nfs_v3 = {
 	.sops     = &nfs_sops,
 };
 
-int __init init_nfs_v3(void)
+static int __init init_nfs_v3(void)
 {
 	register_nfs_version(&nfs_v3);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void exit_nfs_v3(void)
+static void __exit exit_nfs_v3(void)
 {
 	unregister_nfs_version(&nfs_v3);
 }
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+
+module_init(init_nfs_v3);
+module_exit(exit_nfs_v3);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
index 999ce750514294eba3ccc04e3fb2df9b8d07cdd6..558a85c9594a01358a2393ecf451272460695b47 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 #define NFSDBG_FACILITY		NFSDBG_VFS
 #define NFS_TEXT_DATA		1
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V3
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NFS_V3)
 #define NFS_DEFAULT_VERSION 3
 #else
 #define NFS_DEFAULT_VERSION 2
@@ -1876,7 +1876,7 @@ static int nfs23_validate_mount_data(void *options,
 		return NFS_TEXT_DATA;
 	}
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_NFS_V3
+#if !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NFS_V3)
 	if (args->version == 3)
 		goto out_v3_not_compiled;
 #endif /* !CONFIG_NFS_V3 */
@@ -1896,7 +1896,7 @@ static int nfs23_validate_mount_data(void *options,
 	dfprintk(MOUNT, "NFS: nfs_mount_data version supports only AUTH_SYS\n");
 	return -EINVAL;
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_NFS_V3
+#if !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NFS_V3)
 out_v3_not_compiled:
 	dfprintk(MOUNT, "NFS: NFSv3 is not compiled into kernel\n");
 	return -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 1e8d4b043769348e5805787f7459e7180fc1d287..f268fe4f2785e65d0c60f31a29819a2f048f7610 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ nfs_mark_request_dirty(struct nfs_page *req)
 	__set_page_dirty_nobuffers(req->wb_page);
 }
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_NFS_V3) || defined(CONFIG_NFS_V4)
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NFS_V3) || defined(CONFIG_NFS_V4)
 /**
  * nfs_request_add_commit_list - add request to a commit list
  * @req: pointer to a struct nfs_page
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ static void nfs_write_completion(struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr)
 	hdr->release(hdr);
 }
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_NFS_V3) || defined(CONFIG_NFS_V4)
+#if  IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NFS_V3) || defined(CONFIG_NFS_V4)
 static unsigned long
 nfs_reqs_to_commit(struct nfs_commit_info *cinfo)
 {
@@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@ void nfs_writeback_done(struct rpc_task *task, struct nfs_write_data *data)
 		return;
 	nfs_add_stats(inode, NFSIOS_SERVERWRITTENBYTES, resp->count);
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_NFS_V3) || defined(CONFIG_NFS_V4)
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NFS_V3) || defined(CONFIG_NFS_V4)
 	if (resp->verf->committed < argp->stable && task->tk_status >= 0) {
 		/* We tried a write call, but the server did not
 		 * commit data to stable storage even though we
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ void nfs_writeback_done(struct rpc_task *task, struct nfs_write_data *data)
 }
 
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_NFS_V3) || defined(CONFIG_NFS_V4)
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NFS_V3) || defined(CONFIG_NFS_V4)
 static int nfs_commit_set_lock(struct nfs_inode *nfsi, int may_wait)
 {
 	int ret;