diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index cf628261da521cba025d7401abb3d52900cb35ee..8c48fbecb7cf8fc9e4828a81fdd9a3ca8bd35457 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -1377,9 +1377,10 @@ extern void sk_init(void);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 extern struct ctl_table core_table[];
-extern int sysctl_optmem_max;
 #endif
 
+extern int sysctl_optmem_max;
+
 extern __u32 sysctl_wmem_default;
 extern __u32 sysctl_rmem_default;
 
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index ccd10fd65682202fd36942105fee17cb25fb8f51..c13594579bfb193009e22e2fbc0635cfd3a0b14b 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1719,8 +1719,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_wfree);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_wmalloc);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_i_uid);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_i_ino);
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysctl_optmem_max);
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysctl_rmem_max);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysctl_wmem_max);
 #endif