diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index 73a3e939c92160..73b1615f9d962d 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static int fanotify_max_queued_events __read_mostly;
 static long ft_zero = 0;
 static long ft_int_max = INT_MAX;
 
-struct ctl_table fanotify_table[] = {
+static struct ctl_table fanotify_table[] = {
 	{
 		.procname	= "max_user_groups",
 		.data	= &init_user_ns.ucount_max[UCOUNT_FANOTIFY_GROUPS],
@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ struct ctl_table fanotify_table[] = {
 	},
 	{ }
 };
+
+static void __init fanotify_sysctls_init(void)
+{
+	register_sysctl("fs/fanotify", fanotify_table);
+}
+#else
+#define fanotify_sysctls_init() do { } while (0)
 #endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
 
 /*
@@ -1743,6 +1750,7 @@ static int __init fanotify_user_setup(void)
 	init_user_ns.ucount_max[UCOUNT_FANOTIFY_GROUPS] =
 					FANOTIFY_DEFAULT_MAX_GROUPS;
 	init_user_ns.ucount_max[UCOUNT_FANOTIFY_MARKS] = max_marks;
+	fanotify_sysctls_init();
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index 29fca3284bb5c8..54583f62dc4403 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ struct kmem_cache *inotify_inode_mark_cachep __read_mostly;
 static long it_zero = 0;
 static long it_int_max = INT_MAX;
 
-struct ctl_table inotify_table[] = {
+static struct ctl_table inotify_table[] = {
 	{
 		.procname	= "max_user_instances",
 		.data		= &init_user_ns.ucount_max[UCOUNT_INOTIFY_INSTANCES],
@@ -87,6 +87,14 @@ struct ctl_table inotify_table[] = {
 	},
 	{ }
 };
+
+static void __init inotify_sysctls_init(void)
+{
+	register_sysctl("fs/inotify", inotify_table);
+}
+
+#else
+#define inotify_sysctls_init() do { } while (0)
 #endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
 
 static inline __u32 inotify_arg_to_mask(struct inode *inode, u32 arg)
@@ -849,6 +857,7 @@ static int __init inotify_user_setup(void)
 	inotify_max_queued_events = 16384;
 	init_user_ns.ucount_max[UCOUNT_INOTIFY_INSTANCES] = 128;
 	init_user_ns.ucount_max[UCOUNT_INOTIFY_WATCHES] = watches_max;
+	inotify_sysctls_init();
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/fanotify.h b/include/linux/fanotify.h
index 3afdf339d53c93..419cadcd7ff55d 100644
--- a/include/linux/fanotify.h
+++ b/include/linux/fanotify.h
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/fanotify.h>
 
-extern struct ctl_table fanotify_table[]; /* for sysctl */
-
 #define FAN_GROUP_FLAG(group, flag) \
 	((group)->fanotify_data.flags & (flag))
 
diff --git a/include/linux/inotify.h b/include/linux/inotify.h
index 6a24905f6e1e29..8d20caa1b2687b 100644
--- a/include/linux/inotify.h
+++ b/include/linux/inotify.h
@@ -7,11 +7,8 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_INOTIFY_H
 #define _LINUX_INOTIFY_H
 
-#include <linux/sysctl.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/inotify.h>
 
-extern struct ctl_table inotify_table[]; /* for sysctl */
-
 #define ALL_INOTIFY_BITS (IN_ACCESS | IN_MODIFY | IN_ATTRIB | IN_CLOSE_WRITE | \
 			  IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE | IN_OPEN | IN_MOVED_FROM | \
 			  IN_MOVED_TO | IN_CREATE | IN_DELETE | \
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index fb37825cd3cd63..2ee0e76888d8a1 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -126,13 +126,6 @@ static const int maxolduid = 65535;
 static const int ngroups_max = NGROUPS_MAX;
 static const int cap_last_cap = CAP_LAST_CAP;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_INOTIFY_USER
-#include <linux/inotify.h>
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_FANOTIFY
-#include <linux/fanotify.h>
-#endif
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL
 
 /**
@@ -3100,20 +3093,6 @@ static struct ctl_table fs_table[] = {
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 	},
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_INOTIFY_USER
-	{
-		.procname	= "inotify",
-		.mode		= 0555,
-		.child		= inotify_table,
-	},
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_FANOTIFY
-	{
-		.procname	= "fanotify",
-		.mode		= 0555,
-		.child		= fanotify_table,
-	},
-#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_EPOLL
 	{
 		.procname	= "epoll",