diff --git a/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c
index 3cb7cda3d780e95026142398f4c52cdf565d93b6..262fa10e213d571c4d14e1c6b08a3c5861e55e03 100644
--- a/fs/char_dev.c
+++ b/fs/char_dev.c
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
-#include <linux/kmod.h>
-#endif
 #include "internal.h"
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index cecee501ce78805c32c9d007c658fce1e87b0a97..9811679b06950ce015bae006c3ece41944d60593 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -50,15 +50,12 @@
 #include <linux/cn_proc.h>
 #include <linux/audit.h>
 #include <linux/tracehook.h>
+#include <linux/kmod.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
 #include <asm/tlb.h>
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
-#include <linux/kmod.h>
-#endif
-
 #ifdef __alpha__
 /* for /sbin/loader handling in search_binary_handler() */
 #include <linux/a.out.h>
@@ -1247,8 +1244,8 @@ int search_binary_handler(struct linux_binprm *bprm,struct pt_regs *regs)
 		read_unlock(&binfmt_lock);
 		if (retval != -ENOEXEC || bprm->mm == NULL) {
 			break;
-#ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
-		}else{
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+		} else {
 #define printable(c) (((c)=='\t') || ((c)=='\n') || (0x20<=(c) && (c)<=0x7e))
 			if (printable(bprm->buf[0]) &&
 			    printable(bprm->buf[1]) &&
diff --git a/fs/nls/nls_base.c b/fs/nls/nls_base.c
index 64965e1c21c46ca2dcb9aae20611a0725e9d4f4b..9b0efdad89100bd60e5a15954b67ca83495cad56 100644
--- a/fs/nls/nls_base.c
+++ b/fs/nls/nls_base.c
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/nls.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
-#ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
 #include <linux/kmod.h>
-#endif
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 
 static struct nls_table default_table;
@@ -215,24 +213,7 @@ static struct nls_table *find_nls(char *charset)
 
 struct nls_table *load_nls(char *charset)
 {
-	struct nls_table *nls;
-#ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
-	int ret;
-#endif
-
-	nls = find_nls(charset);
-	if (nls)
-		return nls;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
-	ret = request_module("nls_%s", charset);
-	if (ret != 0) {
-		printk("Unable to load NLS charset %s\n", charset);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	nls = find_nls(charset);
-#endif
-	return nls;
+	return try_then_request_module(find_nls(charset), "nls_%s", charset);
 }
 
 void unload_nls(struct nls_table *nls)