diff --git a/include/linux/slub_def.h b/include/linux/slub_def.h
index 3a1a1dbc6f49..2dd927fa779c 100644
--- a/include/linux/slub_def.h
+++ b/include/linux/slub_def.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ struct kmem_cache {
 	unsigned int red_left_pad;	/* Left redzone padding size */
 	const char *name;	/* Name (only for display!) */
 	struct list_head list;	/* List of slab caches */
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
+#ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_SYSFS
 	struct kobject kobj;	/* For sysfs */
 	struct work_struct kobj_remove_work;
 #endif
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ struct kmem_cache {
 	struct memcg_cache_params memcg_params;
 	/* for propagation, maximum size of a stored attr */
 	unsigned int max_attr_size;
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
+#ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_SYSFS
 	struct kset *memcg_kset;
 #endif
 #endif
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ struct kmem_cache {
 #define slub_set_cpu_partial(s, n)
 #endif // CONFIG_SLUB_CPU_PARTIAL
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
+#ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_SYSFS
 #define SLAB_SUPPORTS_SYSFS
 void sysfs_slab_unlink(struct kmem_cache *);
 void sysfs_slab_release(struct kmem_cache *);
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index eeac1319d6a3..10d69a84c028 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1667,6 +1667,11 @@ config VM_EVENT_COUNTERS
 	  on EXPERT systems.  /proc/vmstat will only show page counts
 	  if VM event counters are disabled.
 
+config SLUB_SYSFS
+	bool "Enable SLUB sysfs interface"
+	depends on SLUB && SYSFS
+	default y
+
 config SLUB_DEBUG
 	default y
 	bool "Enable SLUB debugging support" if EXPERT
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 09c0e24a06d8..7fd0b7671b5a 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ struct track {
 
 enum track_item { TRACK_ALLOC, TRACK_FREE };
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
+#ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_SYSFS
 static int sysfs_slab_add(struct kmem_cache *);
 static int sysfs_slab_alias(struct kmem_cache *, const char *);
 static void memcg_propagate_slab_attrs(struct kmem_cache *s);
@@ -2347,7 +2347,7 @@ static inline unsigned long node_nr_objs(struct kmem_cache_node *n)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG */
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG) || defined(CONFIG_SYSFS)
+#if defined(CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG) || defined(CONFIG_SLUB_SYSFS)
 static unsigned long count_partial(struct kmem_cache_node *n,
 					int (*get_count)(struct page *))
 {
@@ -2361,7 +2361,7 @@ static unsigned long count_partial(struct kmem_cache_node *n,
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&n->list_lock, flags);
 	return x;
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG || CONFIG_SYSFS */
+#endif /* CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG || CONFIG_SLUB_SYSFS */
 
 static noinline void
 slab_out_of_memory(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags, int nid)
@@ -4329,7 +4329,7 @@ void *__kmalloc_node_track_caller(size_t size, gfp_t gfpflags,
 }
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
+#ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_SYSFS
 static int count_inuse(struct page *page)
 {
 	return page->inuse;
@@ -4710,12 +4710,12 @@ static void __init resiliency_test(void)
 	validate_slab_cache(kmalloc_caches[9]);
 }
 #else
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
+#ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_SYSFS
 static void resiliency_test(void) {};
 #endif
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
+#ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_SYSFS
 enum slab_stat_type {
 	SL_ALL,			/* All slabs */
 	SL_PARTIAL,		/* Only partially allocated slabs */
@@ -5841,7 +5841,7 @@ static int __init slab_sysfs_init(void)
 }
 
 __initcall(slab_sysfs_init);
-#endif /* CONFIG_SYSFS */
+#endif /* CONFIG_SLUB_SYSFS */
 
 /*
  * The /proc/slabinfo ABI