diff --git a/kernel/utsname_sysctl.c b/kernel/utsname_sysctl.c
index 63da38c2d820..4f69f9a5e221 100644
--- a/kernel/utsname_sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/utsname_sysctl.c
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL
+
 static void *get_uts(ctl_table *table, int write)
 {
 	char *which = table->data;
@@ -38,7 +40,6 @@ static void put_uts(ctl_table *table, int write, void *which)
 		up_write(&uts_sem);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL
 /*
  *	Special case of dostring for the UTS structure. This has locks
  *	to observe. Should this be in kernel/sys.c ????