diff --git a/include/net/af_unix.h b/include/net/af_unix.h
index a1c805d7f488b7295a335c33de66f495cd5d0e37..e0fba269d092234b77f722d39cde870c06fce4ad 100644
--- a/include/net/af_unix.h
+++ b/include/net/af_unix.h
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ struct unix_sock {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 extern int sysctl_unix_max_dgram_qlen;
-extern void unix_sysctl_register(void);
-extern void unix_sysctl_unregister(void);
+extern int unix_sysctl_register(struct net *net);
+extern void unix_sysctl_unregister(struct net *net);
 #else
-static inline void unix_sysctl_register(void) {}
-static inline void unix_sysctl_unregister(void) {}
+static inline int unix_sysctl_register(struct net *net) { return 0; }
+static inline void unix_sysctl_unregister(struct net *net) {}
 #endif
 #endif
 #endif
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 393197afb1901c3cb5866cacdb8f0e5686636faf..a0aa6d3c2c084ad713979da5dd3778a233d63a64 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -2175,7 +2175,7 @@ static int __init af_unix_init(void)
 
 	sock_register(&unix_family_ops);
 	register_pernet_subsys(&unix_net_ops);
-	unix_sysctl_register();
+	unix_sysctl_register(&init_net);
 out:
 	return rc;
 }
@@ -2183,7 +2183,7 @@ static int __init af_unix_init(void)
 static void __exit af_unix_exit(void)
 {
 	sock_unregister(PF_UNIX);
-	unix_sysctl_unregister();
+	unix_sysctl_unregister(&init_net);
 	proto_unregister(&unix_proto);
 	unregister_pernet_subsys(&unix_net_ops);
 }
diff --git a/net/unix/sysctl_net_unix.c b/net/unix/sysctl_net_unix.c
index eb0bd57ebadac12b613e0881f9b6566aa0185cc6..b2e0407e1b7b7685386c208f3180d6a17a6724c9 100644
--- a/net/unix/sysctl_net_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/sysctl_net_unix.c
@@ -48,12 +48,13 @@ static ctl_table unix_root_table[] = {
 
 static struct ctl_table_header * unix_sysctl_header;
 
-void unix_sysctl_register(void)
+int unix_sysctl_register(struct net *net)
 {
 	unix_sysctl_header = register_sysctl_table(unix_root_table);
+	return unix_sysctl_header == NULL ? -ENOMEM : 0;
 }
 
-void unix_sysctl_unregister(void)
+void unix_sysctl_unregister(struct net *net)
 {
 	unregister_sysctl_table(unix_sysctl_header);
 }