diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 4e9e92bb2b89..a20a5138211f 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -705,6 +705,9 @@ static void __init do_basic_setup(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 	sysctl_init();
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
+	init_irq_proc();
+#endif
 
 	do_initcalls();
 }
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index e0ac6cd79fcf..7ba4b0c16d6a 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1177,8 +1177,6 @@ static ctl_table dev_table[] = {
 	{ .ctl_name = 0 }
 };
 
-extern void init_irq_proc (void);
-
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sysctl_lock);
 
 /* called under sysctl_lock */
@@ -1224,7 +1222,6 @@ void __init sysctl_init(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL
 	register_proc_table(root_table, proc_sys_root, &root_table_header);
-	init_irq_proc();
 #endif
 }