diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 05c3e6df85973e44bba5127c0805a7fc64a7240e..79f017e09fbdf89cbcad81a07fd00c80fd8a8182 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ obj-y     = sched.o fork.o exec_domain.o panic.o printk.o profile.o \
 	    rcupdate.o extable.o params.o posix-timers.o \
 	    kthread.o wait.o kfifo.o sys_ni.o posix-cpu-timers.o mutex.o \
 	    hrtimer.o rwsem.o latency.o nsproxy.o srcu.o \
-	    utsname.o sysctl_check.o notifier.o
+	    utsname.o notifier.o
 
+obj-$(CONFIG_SYSCTL) += sysctl_check.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_STACKTRACE) += stacktrace.o
 obj-y += time/
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES) += mutex-debug.o