diff --git a/include/linux/printk.h b/include/linux/printk.h
index 9497f6b983399a..1522df223c0f76 100644
--- a/include/linux/printk.h
+++ b/include/linux/printk.h
@@ -183,10 +183,6 @@ extern bool printk_timed_ratelimit(unsigned long *caller_jiffies,
 extern int printk_delay_msec;
 extern int dmesg_restrict;
 
-extern int
-devkmsg_sysctl_set_loglvl(struct ctl_table *table, int write, void *buf,
-			  size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);
-
 extern void wake_up_klogd(void);
 
 char *log_buf_addr_get(void);
diff --git a/kernel/printk/internal.h b/kernel/printk/internal.h
index 6b1c4b399845b2..d947ca6c84f997 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/internal.h
+++ b/kernel/printk/internal.h
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_PRINTK) && defined(CONFIG_SYSCTL)
 void __init printk_sysctl_init(void);
+int devkmsg_sysctl_set_loglvl(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+			      void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);
 #else
 #define printk_sysctl_init() do { } while (0)
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 363a493bded829..82abfaf3c2aadc 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static int __init control_devkmsg(char *str)
 __setup("printk.devkmsg=", control_devkmsg);
 
 char devkmsg_log_str[DEVKMSG_STR_MAX_SIZE] = "ratelimit";
-
+#if defined(CONFIG_PRINTK) && defined(CONFIG_SYSCTL)
 int devkmsg_sysctl_set_loglvl(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 			      void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ int devkmsg_sysctl_set_loglvl(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 
 	return 0;
 }
+#endif /* CONFIG_PRINTK && CONFIG_SYSCTL */
 
 /* Number of registered extended console drivers. */
 static int nr_ext_console_drivers;