1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 59a2db6fecef..4e28a840bde0 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@
 #include "blk.h"
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(block_class_lock);
-#ifndef CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
 struct kobject *block_depr;
-#endif
 
 /* for extended dynamic devt allocation, currently only one major is used */
 #define MAX_EXT_DEVT            (1 << MINORBITS)
@@ -803,10 +801,9 @@ static int __init genhd_device_init(void)
 
         register_blkdev(BLOCK_EXT_MAJOR, "blkext");
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
         /* create top-level block dir */
-        block_depr = kobject_create_and_add("block", NULL);
-#endif
+        if (!sysfs_deprecated)
+                block_depr = kobject_create_and_add("block", NULL);
         return 0;
 }