diff --git a/include/linux/kmod.h b/include/linux/kmod.h
index 7f3dbcb78116ae..31023182385202 100644
--- a/include/linux/kmod.h
+++ b/include/linux/kmod.h
@@ -111,12 +111,8 @@ call_usermodehelper(char *path, char **argv, char **envp, enum umh_wait wait)
 
 extern void usermodehelper_init(void);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
 extern int usermodehelper_disable(void);
 extern void usermodehelper_enable(void);
 extern bool usermodehelper_is_disabled(void);
-#else
-static inline bool usermodehelper_is_disabled(void) { return false; }
-#endif
 
 #endif /* __LINUX_KMOD_H__ */
diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c
index 9ab513bd0c3c46..5ae0ff38425f7e 100644
--- a/kernel/kmod.c
+++ b/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -245,7 +245,6 @@ static void __call_usermodehelper(struct work_struct *work)
 	}
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
 /*
  * If set, call_usermodehelper_exec() will exit immediately returning -EBUSY
  * (used for preventing user land processes from being created after the user
@@ -321,12 +320,6 @@ static void helper_unlock(void)
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&running_helpers))
 		wake_up(&running_helpers_waitq);
 }
-#else /* CONFIG_PM_SLEEP */
-#define usermodehelper_disabled	0
-
-static inline void helper_lock(void) {}
-static inline void helper_unlock(void) {}
-#endif /* CONFIG_PM_SLEEP */
 
 /**
  * call_usermodehelper_setup - prepare to call a usermode helper