diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 6c5f081..188c432 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	    hrtimer.o rwsem.o nsproxy.o srcu.o semaphore.o \
 	    notifier.o ksysfs.o pm_qos_params.o
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_SYSCTL) += sysctl_check.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL_CHECK) += sysctl_check.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_STACKTRACE) += stacktrace.o
 obj-y += time/
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES) += mutex-debug.o
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 0a1d273..1cdfe94 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1592,9 +1592,13 @@
 
 static __init int sysctl_init(void)
 {
-	int err;
 	sysctl_set_parent(NULL, root_table);
-	err = sysctl_check_table(current->nsproxy, root_table);
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL_CHECK
+	{
+		int err;
+		err = sysctl_check_table(current->nsproxy, root_table);
+	}
+#endif
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1721,10 +1725,12 @@
 	header->unregistering = NULL;
 	header->root = root;
 	sysctl_set_parent(NULL, header->ctl_table);
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL_CHECK
 	if (sysctl_check_table(namespaces, header->ctl_table)) {
 		kfree(header);
 		return NULL;
 	}
+#endif
 	spin_lock(&sysctl_lock);
 	header_list = lookup_header_list(root, namespaces);
 	list_add_tail(&header->ctl_entry, header_list);