diff --git a/include/linux/dnotify.h b/include/linux/dnotify.h
index ecc06286226d..3290555a52ee 100644
--- a/include/linux/dnotify.h
+++ b/include/linux/dnotify.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct dnotify_struct {
 			    FS_CREATE | FS_DN_RENAME |\
 			    FS_MOVED_FROM | FS_MOVED_TO)
 
+extern int dir_notify_enable;
 extern void dnotify_flush(struct file *, fl_owner_t);
 extern int fcntl_dirnotify(int, struct file *, unsigned long);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index f9a003278758..d92c212476f9 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -410,9 +410,6 @@ extern int get_max_files(void);
 extern int sysctl_nr_open;
 extern struct inodes_stat_t inodes_stat;
 extern int leases_enable, lease_break_time;
-#ifdef CONFIG_DNOTIFY
-extern int dir_notify_enable;
-#endif
 
 struct buffer_head;
 typedef int (get_block_t)(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index d24f761f4876..7b983dbfe0ec 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include <linux/times.h>
 #include <linux/limits.h>
 #include <linux/dcache.h>
+#include <linux/dnotify.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/vmstat.h>
 #include <linux/nfs_fs.h>