diff --git a/kernel/ksysfs.c b/kernel/ksysfs.c
index d5eeae0fa5bc5c6de327a7c0f583c4fdaca16b50..f2690ed7453068460f432a52dc97f685a950ec0a 100644
--- a/kernel/ksysfs.c
+++ b/kernel/ksysfs.c
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@
 #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 086a0c6e888e99aef43aeab96c40ddb56b6146a1..982226daf9398112185a5eb717c28d396fcb9341 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #define NUM_ENVP	32	/* number of env pointers */
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG) && defined(CONFIG_NET)
+u64 uevent_seqnum;
+char uevent_helper[UEVENT_HELPER_PATH_LEN] = "/sbin/hotplug";
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sequence_lock);
 static struct sock *uevent_sock;