diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 7adfe5dbce9d..17c7633d90fc 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static int max_extfrag_threshold = 1000;
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL
+#if defined(CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL) && defined(CONFIG_SYSCTL)
 static int bpf_stats_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 			     void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
 			     loff_t *ppos)