diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index 14df05415af92924706477a05e6051e906941586..fdaa0c6fc7a2e37d0455359b36ef9e1288063d81 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -244,6 +244,11 @@ void sysfs_notify(struct kobject *kobj, const char *dir, const char *attr);
 
 int __must_check sysfs_init(void);
 
+static inline void sysfs_enable_ns(struct kernfs_node *kn)
+{
+	return kernfs_enable_ns(kn);
+}
+
 #else /* CONFIG_SYSFS */
 
 static inline int sysfs_create_dir_ns(struct kobject *kobj, const void *ns)
@@ -416,6 +421,10 @@ static inline int __must_check sysfs_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline void sysfs_enable_ns(struct kernfs_node *kn)
+{
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_SYSFS */
 
 static inline int __must_check sysfs_create_file(struct kobject *kobj,
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index cb14aeac4ccaeedfe537d423c41c3d0b021e1c9f..58751bb80a7cbbe905c7d4e752df641ae2240b51 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static int create_dir(struct kobject *kobj)
 		BUG_ON(ops->type >= KOBJ_NS_TYPES);
 		BUG_ON(!kobj_ns_type_registered(ops->type));
 
-		kernfs_enable_ns(kobj->sd);
+		sysfs_enable_ns(kobj->sd);
 	}
 
 	return 0;