diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 380d647..a72a5ad 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -3216,6 +3216,7 @@
 	return rc;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 /*
  * We really need to sanitize the damn ipv4 init order, then all
  * this nonsense will go away.
@@ -3224,6 +3225,7 @@
 {
 	register_sysctl_paths(ipv4_route_path, ipv4_route_table);
 }
+#endif
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__ip_select_ident);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ip_route_input);