diff --git a/fs/proc/root.c b/fs/proc/root.c
index 6ae222b..5834a74 100644
--- a/fs/proc/root.c
+++ b/fs/proc/root.c
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@
 
 struct proc_dir_entry *proc_net, *proc_net_stat, *proc_bus, *proc_root_fs, *proc_root_driver;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
-struct proc_dir_entry *proc_sys_root;
-#endif
-
 static int proc_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 	int flags, const char *dev_name, void *data, struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
@@ -71,9 +67,6 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSVIPC
 	proc_mkdir("sysvipc", NULL);
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
-	proc_sys_root = proc_mkdir("sys", NULL);
-#endif
 	proc_root_fs = proc_mkdir("fs", NULL);
 	proc_root_driver = proc_mkdir("driver", NULL);
 	proc_mkdir("fs/nfsd", NULL); /* somewhere for the nfsd filesystem to be mounted */
@@ -86,6 +79,9 @@
 	proc_device_tree_init();
 #endif
 	proc_bus = proc_mkdir("bus", NULL);
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
+	proc_sys_init();
+#endif
 }
 
 static int proc_root_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry, struct kstat *stat