diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index fa7ed6a9fc2d..36d180858136 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/acct.h>
 #include <linux/capability.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/sysfs.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/namespace.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
@@ -28,15 +29,6 @@
 
 extern int __init init_rootfs(void);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
-extern int __init sysfs_init(void);
-#else
-static inline int sysfs_init(void)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-#endif
-
 /* spinlock for vfsmount related operations, inplace of dcache_lock */
 __cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SPINLOCK(vfsmount_lock);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index 02ad790921fd..6d5c43d31dec 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ int __must_check sysfs_create_group(struct kobject *,
 void sysfs_remove_group(struct kobject *, const struct attribute_group *);
 void sysfs_notify(struct kobject * k, char *dir, char *attr);
 
+extern int __must_check sysfs_init(void);
+
 #else /* CONFIG_SYSFS */
 
 static inline int sysfs_create_dir(struct kobject * k)
@@ -194,6 +196,11 @@ static inline void sysfs_notify(struct kobject * k, char *dir, char *attr)
 {
 }
 
+static inline int __must_check sysfs_init(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_SYSFS */
 
 #endif /* _SYSFS_H_ */