diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index e1147bc62633c50e7d764ac1b9204733d046d008..7aba744afcde1602d9e642e2b560f8b112116ac3 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2938,7 +2938,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
 			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
 
-	rcutorture.rcutorture_runnable= [BOOT]
+	rcutorture.torture_runnable= [BOOT]
 			Start rcutorture running at boot time.
 
 	rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 5cafd60c1ee4b6d3614429133ba04fa23648c193..a4a819ffb2d116d1225608393481521ad3cacc88 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@
 #include <asm/barrier.h>
 
 extern int rcu_expedited; /* for sysctl */
-#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST
-extern int rcutorture_runnable; /* for sysctl */
-#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST */
 
 enum rcutorture_type {
 	RCU_FLAVOR,
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
index 04c4b5afb759b4f02878b81ab8382c3ea650ae4a..240fa9094f830cdc56565cb2ceb8233984564ac3 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
@@ -168,9 +168,9 @@ static int rcu_torture_writer_state;
 #else
 #define RCUTORTURE_RUNNABLE_INIT 0
 #endif
-int rcutorture_runnable = RCUTORTURE_RUNNABLE_INIT;
-module_param(rcutorture_runnable, int, 0444);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(rcutorture_runnable, "Start rcutorture at boot");
+static int torture_runnable = RCUTORTURE_RUNNABLE_INIT;
+module_param(torture_runnable, int, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(torture_runnable, "Start rcutorture at boot");
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_RCU_BOOST) && !defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU)
 #define rcu_can_boost() 1
@@ -1636,7 +1636,7 @@ rcu_torture_init(void)
 		RCUTORTURE_TASKS_OPS
 	};
 
-	if (!torture_init_begin(torture_type, verbose, &rcutorture_runnable))
+	if (!torture_init_begin(torture_type, verbose, &torture_runnable))
 		return -EBUSY;
 
 	/* Process args and tell the world that the torturer is on the job. */
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 75875a741b5e7f9cb26fcd837609638b1ffafda8..ab456664609d4ed766a555424cfc705b2919ff39 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1055,15 +1055,6 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.child		= key_sysctls,
 	},
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST
-	{
-		.procname       = "rcutorture_runnable",
-		.data           = &rcutorture_runnable,
-		.maxlen         = sizeof(int),
-		.mode           = 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
-	},
-#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
 	/*
 	 * User-space scripts rely on the existence of this file
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/ver_functions.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/ver_functions.sh
index 8977d8d31b19f5215b9a9922f2b9c1c4b1e63fcd..ffb85ed786fac90e86c304d64a15918c6988dd0a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/ver_functions.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/ver_functions.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ per_version_boot_params () {
 		`rcutorture_param_n_barrier_cbs "$1"` \
 		rcutorture.stat_interval=15 \
 		rcutorture.shutdown_secs=$3 \
-		rcutorture.rcutorture_runnable=1 \
+		rcutorture.torture_runnable=1 \
 		rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz=1 \
 		rcutorture.verbose=1
 }