diff --git a/fs/Makefile b/fs/Makefile
index ea8770d124da..dab324aea08f 100644
--- a/fs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 # Rewritten to use lists instead of if-statements.
 # 
 
+obj-$(CONFIG_SYSCTL)		+= sysctls.o
+
 obj-y :=	open.o read_write.o file_table.o super.o \
 		char_dev.o stat.o exec.o pipe.o namei.o fcntl.o \
 		ioctl.o readdir.o select.o dcache.o inode.o \
@@ -28,7 +30,6 @@ obj-y				+= notify/
 obj-$(CONFIG_EPOLL)		+= eventpoll.o
 obj-y				+= anon_inodes.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SIGNALFD)		+= signalfd.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_SYSCTL)		+= sysctls.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TIMERFD)		+= timerfd.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EVENTFD)		+= eventfd.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_USERFAULTFD)	+= userfaultfd.o
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index dc31ad6b370f..40b994a29e90 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #include "internal.h"
 
 /* Maximum number of mounts in a mount namespace */
-unsigned int sysctl_mount_max __read_mostly = 100000;
+static unsigned int sysctl_mount_max __read_mostly = 100000;
 
 static unsigned int m_hash_mask __read_mostly;
 static unsigned int m_hash_shift __read_mostly;
@@ -4620,3 +4620,25 @@ const struct proc_ns_operations mntns_operations = {
 	.install	= mntns_install,
 	.owner		= mntns_owner,
 };
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
+static struct ctl_table fs_namespace_sysctls[] = {
+	{
+		.procname	= "mount-max",
+		.data		= &sysctl_mount_max,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ONE,
+	},
+	{ }
+};
+
+static int __init init_fs_namespace_sysctls(void)
+{
+	register_sysctl_init("fs", fs_namespace_sysctls);
+	return 0;
+}
+fs_initcall(init_fs_namespace_sysctls);
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
diff --git a/fs/sysctls.c b/fs/sysctls.c
index 54216cd1ecd7..c701273c9432 100644
--- a/fs/sysctls.c
+++ b/fs/sysctls.c
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ static struct ctl_table fs_shared_sysctls[] = {
 	{ }
 };
 
-static int __init init_fs_shared_sysctls(void)
+DECLARE_SYSCTL_BASE(fs, fs_shared_sysctls);
+
+static int __init init_fs_sysctls(void)
 {
-	register_sysctl_init("fs", fs_shared_sysctls);
-	return 0;
+	return register_sysctl_base(fs);
 }
 
-early_initcall(init_fs_shared_sysctls);
+early_initcall(init_fs_sysctls);
diff --git a/include/linux/mount.h b/include/linux/mount.h
index 5d92a7e1a742..7f18a7555dff 100644
--- a/include/linux/mount.h
+++ b/include/linux/mount.h
@@ -113,9 +113,6 @@ extern void mnt_set_expiry(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct list_head *expiry_list);
 extern void mark_mounts_for_expiry(struct list_head *mounts);
 
 extern dev_t name_to_dev_t(const char *name);
-
-extern unsigned int sysctl_mount_max;
-
 extern bool path_is_mountpoint(const struct path *path);
 
 extern void kern_unmount_array(struct vfsmount *mnt[], unsigned int num);
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 12456a535059..cdc3dc5f0005 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -2811,18 +2811,6 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
 	{ }
 };
 
-static struct ctl_table fs_table[] = {
-	{
-		.procname	= "mount-max",
-		.data		= &sysctl_mount_max,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned int),
-		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
-		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ONE,
-	},
-	{ }
-};
-
 static struct ctl_table debug_table[] = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL_EXCEPTION_TRACE
 	{
@@ -2853,7 +2841,6 @@ static struct ctl_table dev_table[] = {
 
 DECLARE_SYSCTL_BASE(kernel, kern_table);
 DECLARE_SYSCTL_BASE(vm, vm_table);
-DECLARE_SYSCTL_BASE(fs, fs_table);
 DECLARE_SYSCTL_BASE(debug, debug_table);
 DECLARE_SYSCTL_BASE(dev, dev_table);
 
@@ -2861,7 +2848,6 @@ int __init sysctl_init(void)
 {
 	register_sysctl_base(kernel);
 	register_sysctl_base(vm);
-	register_sysctl_base(fs);
 	register_sysctl_base(debug);
 	register_sysctl_base(dev);