diff --git a/fs/proc/internal.h b/fs/proc/internal.h
index c932aa65e19816e85ca78d95b2795e80513e0409..f771889183c36fe52062267ffde5d139ca18c76b 100644
--- a/fs/proc/internal.h
+++ b/fs/proc/internal.h
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@
 
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL
 extern int proc_sys_init(void);
+#else
+static inline void proc_sys_init(void) { }
+#endif
 
 struct vmalloc_info {
 	unsigned long	used;
diff --git a/fs/proc/root.c b/fs/proc/root.c
index 5834a744c2a96fec843290a83a38c090f34618d5..41f17037f73890ad5551651bc776446c3798ac68 100644
--- a/fs/proc/root.c
+++ b/fs/proc/root.c
@@ -79,9 +79,7 @@ void __init proc_root_init(void)
 	proc_device_tree_init();
 #endif
 	proc_bus = proc_mkdir("bus", NULL);
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 	proc_sys_init();
-#endif
 }
 
 static int proc_root_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry, struct kstat *stat