diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
index d7d63c1aa993f57297b953c6b7eca88147006fff..4afb0e9312c094f9b0e8dfdc8fb8d415e2d4fbd3 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
@@ -199,11 +199,16 @@ static struct class firmware_class = {
 
 int register_sysfs_loader(void)
 {
-	return class_register(&firmware_class);
+	int ret = class_register(&firmware_class);
+
+	if (ret != 0)
+		return ret;
+	return register_firmware_config_sysctl();
 }
 
 void unregister_sysfs_loader(void)
 {
+	unregister_firmware_config_sysctl();
 	class_unregister(&firmware_class);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.h b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.h
index 3af7205b302fe351a0eb43883da16ff0a9865ac6..9f3055d3b4ca846a9c7a62b39c33bb3d14c8b678 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.h
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.h
@@ -42,6 +42,17 @@ void fw_fallback_set_default_timeout(void);
 
 int register_sysfs_loader(void);
 void unregister_sysfs_loader(void);
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
+extern int register_firmware_config_sysctl(void);
+extern void unregister_firmware_config_sysctl(void);
+#else
+static inline int register_firmware_config_sysctl(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+static inline void unregister_firmware_config_sysctl(void) { }
+#endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
+
 #else /* CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER */
 static inline int firmware_fallback_sysfs(struct firmware *fw, const char *name,
 					  struct device *device,
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback_table.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback_table.c
index 46a731dede6f7a08b6e7c0f6d2a6cad0664a7d33..e5ac098d0742a0bdd37a3426ea6f250b7a47b40a 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback_table.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback_table.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <linux/kconfig.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/umh.h>
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ struct firmware_fallback_config fw_fallback_config = {
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(fw_fallback_config, FIRMWARE_LOADER_PRIVATE);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
-struct ctl_table firmware_config_table[] = {
+static struct ctl_table firmware_config_table[] = {
 	{
 		.procname	= "force_sysfs_fallback",
 		.data		= &fw_fallback_config.force_sysfs_fallback,
@@ -45,4 +46,24 @@ struct ctl_table firmware_config_table[] = {
 	},
 	{ }
 };
-#endif
+
+static struct ctl_table_header *firmware_config_sysct_table_header;
+int register_firmware_config_sysctl(void)
+{
+	firmware_config_sysct_table_header =
+		register_sysctl("kernel/firmware_config",
+				firmware_config_table);
+	if (!firmware_config_sysct_table_header)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(register_firmware_config_sysctl, FIRMWARE_LOADER_PRIVATE);
+
+void unregister_firmware_config_sysctl(void)
+{
+	unregister_sysctl_table(firmware_config_sysct_table_header);
+	firmware_config_sysct_table_header = NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(unregister_firmware_config_sysctl, FIRMWARE_LOADER_PRIVATE);
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index 6dd0f277f8443ba207f63d36403bf399800893f4..3985e9c80155725fd5b9c84c4f161ec2a3d8ff74 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ extern int no_unaligned_warning;
 
 extern struct ctl_table sysctl_mount_point[];
 extern struct ctl_table random_table[];
-extern struct ctl_table firmware_config_table[];
 
 #else /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
 static inline struct ctl_table_header *register_sysctl_table(struct ctl_table * table)
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 09fa72299f188646b80bc8f1083ce7ceedbcdd7e..5fc3ae16e995bdc11a65ca458d83f1b08dfe81c1 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -2154,13 +2154,6 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0555,
 		.child		= usermodehelper_table,
 	},
-#ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
-	{
-		.procname	= "firmware_config",
-		.mode		= 0555,
-		.child		= firmware_config_table,
-	},
-#endif
 	{
 		.procname	= "overflowuid",
 		.data		= &overflowuid,