diff --git a/include/linux/lockdep.h b/include/linux/lockdep.h
index 467b94257105..37951c17908e 100644
--- a/include/linux/lockdep.h
+++ b/include/linux/lockdep.h
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@
 
 struct task_struct;
 
-/* for sysctl */
-extern int prove_locking;
-extern int lock_stat;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
 
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
index c06cab6546ed..a4382ae1be59 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
@@ -64,19 +64,50 @@
 #include <trace/events/lock.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING
-int prove_locking = 1;
+static int prove_locking = 1;
 module_param(prove_locking, int, 0644);
 #else
 #define prove_locking 0
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_LOCK_STAT
-int lock_stat = 1;
+static int lock_stat = 1;
 module_param(lock_stat, int, 0644);
 #else
 #define lock_stat 0
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
+static struct ctl_table kern_lockdep_table[] = {
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING
+	{
+		.procname       = "prove_locking",
+		.data           = &prove_locking,
+		.maxlen         = sizeof(int),
+		.mode           = 0644,
+		.proc_handler   = proc_dointvec,
+	},
+#endif /* CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING */
+#ifdef CONFIG_LOCK_STAT
+	{
+		.procname       = "lock_stat",
+		.data           = &lock_stat,
+		.maxlen         = sizeof(int),
+		.mode           = 0644,
+		.proc_handler   = proc_dointvec,
+	},
+#endif /* CONFIG_LOCK_STAT */
+	{ }
+};
+
+static __init int kernel_lockdep_sysctls_init(void)
+{
+	register_sysctl_init("kernel", kern_lockdep_table);
+	return 0;
+}
+late_initcall(kernel_lockdep_sysctls_init);
+#endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
+
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, lockdep_recursion);
 EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL(lockdep_recursion);
 
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 36bfe1c92d44..95380d250c8c 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -88,9 +88,6 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_RT_MUTEXES
 #include <linux/rtmutex.h>
 #endif
-#if defined(CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING) || defined(CONFIG_LOCK_STAT)
-#include <linux/lockdep.h>
-#endif
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_SYSCTL)
 
@@ -1679,24 +1676,6 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.extra2		= SYSCTL_FOUR,
 	},
 #endif /* CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING */
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING
-	{
-		.procname	= "prove_locking",
-		.data		= &prove_locking,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
-		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
-	},
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_LOCK_STAT
-	{
-		.procname	= "lock_stat",
-		.data		= &lock_stat,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
-		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
-	},
-#endif
 	{
 		.procname	= "panic",
 		.data		= &panic_timeout,