diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index f6f1cbffef9e8c8cc302c2b2c5b8d55a6172fe3b..4ceba13a7db0f60510174c8b8d46f461ab3034ea 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -220,9 +220,35 @@ struct aio_kiocb {
 
 /*------ sysctl variables----*/
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(aio_nr_lock);
-unsigned long aio_nr;		/* current system wide number of aio requests */
-unsigned long aio_max_nr = 0x10000; /* system wide maximum number of aio requests */
+static unsigned long aio_nr;		/* current system wide number of aio requests */
+static unsigned long aio_max_nr = 0x10000; /* system wide maximum number of aio requests */
 /*----end sysctl variables---*/
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
+static struct ctl_table aio_sysctls[] = {
+	{
+		.procname	= "aio-nr",
+		.data		= &aio_nr,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(aio_nr),
+		.mode		= 0444,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_doulongvec_minmax,
+	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "aio-max-nr",
+		.data		= &aio_max_nr,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(aio_max_nr),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_doulongvec_minmax,
+	},
+	{}
+};
+
+static void __init aio_sysctl_init(void)
+{
+	register_sysctl_init("fs", aio_sysctls);
+}
+#else
+#define aio_sysctl_init() do { } while (0)
+#endif
 
 static struct kmem_cache	*kiocb_cachep;
 static struct kmem_cache	*kioctx_cachep;
@@ -275,6 +301,7 @@ static int __init aio_setup(void)
 
 	kiocb_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(aio_kiocb, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC);
 	kioctx_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(kioctx,SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC);
+	aio_sysctl_init();
 	return 0;
 }
 __initcall(aio_setup);
diff --git a/include/linux/aio.h b/include/linux/aio.h
index b83e68dd006f1ea8aa4f740163c903bc05db2d1c..86892a4fe7c8b6d59cb55a72a7a6e26455835cbf 100644
--- a/include/linux/aio.h
+++ b/include/linux/aio.h
@@ -20,8 +20,4 @@ static inline void kiocb_set_cancel_fn(struct kiocb *req,
 				       kiocb_cancel_fn *cancel) { }
 #endif /* CONFIG_AIO */
 
-/* for sysctl: */
-extern unsigned long aio_nr;
-extern unsigned long aio_max_nr;
-
 #endif /* __LINUX__AIO_H */
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index a2175a305f1036ea3375248eb58d50d74ef88b0e..822555a0ec76c6311214df9ec25d1a5def9068a5 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/aio.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/swap.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -3111,22 +3110,6 @@ static struct ctl_table fs_table[] = {
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 	},
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_AIO
-	{
-		.procname	= "aio-nr",
-		.data		= &aio_nr,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof(aio_nr),
-		.mode		= 0444,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_doulongvec_minmax,
-	},
-	{
-		.procname	= "aio-max-nr",
-		.data		= &aio_max_nr,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof(aio_max_nr),
-		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_doulongvec_minmax,
-	},
-#endif /* CONFIG_AIO */
 #ifdef CONFIG_INOTIFY_USER
 	{
 		.procname	= "inotify",