diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index 8eb21f2f25e1..2a8d8da70961 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ struct subsys_attribute {
 extern int subsys_create_file(struct subsystem * , struct subsys_attribute *);
 extern void subsys_remove_file(struct subsystem * , struct subsys_attribute *);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
+#if defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG) & defined(CONFIG_NET)
 void kobject_uevent(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action);
 
 int add_uevent_var(char **envp, int num_envp, int *cur_index,
diff --git a/kernel/ksysfs.c b/kernel/ksysfs.c
index bfb4a7a54e22..99af8b05eeaa 100644
--- a/kernel/ksysfs.c
+++ b/kernel/ksysfs.c
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 
+u64 uevent_seqnum;
+char uevent_helper[UEVENT_HELPER_PATH_LEN] = "/sbin/hotplug";
+
 #define KERNEL_ATTR_RO(_name) \
 static struct subsys_attribute _name##_attr = __ATTR_RO(_name)
 
diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index 01479e5c6d18..f56e27ae9d52 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@
 #define BUFFER_SIZE	1024	/* buffer for the variables */
 #define NUM_ENVP	32	/* number of env pointers */
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG)
-char uevent_helper[UEVENT_HELPER_PATH_LEN] = "/sbin/hotplug";
-u64 uevent_seqnum;
+#if defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG) && defined(CONFIG_NET)
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sequence_lock);
 static struct sock *uevent_sock;