diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index fd76f0e1d490..adc2d3ea1278 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1688,15 +1688,6 @@ static const struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 	},
 #endif
-#if defined(CONFIG_MMU)
-	{
-		.procname	= "randomize_va_space",
-		.data		= &randomize_va_space,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
-		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
-	},
-#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL_ARCH_UNALIGN_NO_WARN
 	{
 		.procname	= "ignore-unaligned-usertrap",
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 8eba595056fe..f9e334fb9166 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -125,6 +125,24 @@ int randomize_va_space __read_mostly =
 					2;
 #endif
 
+static const struct ctl_table mmu_sysctl_table[] = {
+	{
+		.procname	= "randomize_va_space",
+		.data		= &randomize_va_space,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+	},
+};
+
+static int __init init_mm_sysctl(void)
+{
+	register_sysctl_init("kernel", mmu_sysctl_table);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+subsys_initcall(init_mm_sysctl);
+
 #ifndef arch_wants_old_prefaulted_pte
 static inline bool arch_wants_old_prefaulted_pte(void)
 {