diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/irq_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/irq_32.c
index e16e99ebd7ad..40fc86161d92 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/irq_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/irq_32.c
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct pt_regs *, irq_regs);
 EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(irq_regs);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
+
+int sysctl_panic_on_stackoverflow __read_mostly;
+
 /* Debugging check for stack overflow: is there less than 1KB free? */
 static int check_stack_overflow(void)
 {