--- a/fs/coredump.c~fs-coredump-move-coredump-sysctls-into-its-own-file
+++ a/fs/coredump.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/path.h>
 #include <linux/timekeeping.h>
+#include <linux/sysctl.h>
 
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
@@ -52,9 +53,9 @@
 
 #include <trace/events/sched.h>
 
-int core_uses_pid;
-unsigned int core_pipe_limit;
-char core_pattern[CORENAME_MAX_SIZE] = "core";
+static int core_uses_pid;
+static unsigned int core_pipe_limit;
+static char core_pattern[CORENAME_MAX_SIZE] = "core";
 static int core_name_size = CORENAME_MAX_SIZE;
 
 struct core_name {
@@ -62,8 +63,6 @@ struct core_name {
 	int used, size;
 };
 
-/* The maximal length of core_pattern is also specified in sysctl.c */
-
 static int expand_corename(struct core_name *cn, int size)
 {
 	char *corename = krealloc(cn->corename, size, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -893,6 +892,63 @@ int dump_align(struct coredump_params *c
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_align);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
+
+void validate_coredump_safety(void)
+{
+	if (suid_dumpable == SUID_DUMP_ROOT &&
+	    core_pattern[0] != '/' && core_pattern[0] != '|') {
+		pr_warn(
+"Unsafe core_pattern used with fs.suid_dumpable=2.\n"
+"Pipe handler or fully qualified core dump path required.\n"
+"Set kernel.core_pattern before fs.suid_dumpable.\n"
+		);
+	}
+}
+
+static int proc_dostring_coredump(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+		  void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	int error = proc_dostring(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+
+	if (!error)
+		validate_coredump_safety();
+	return error;
+}
+
+static struct ctl_table coredump_sysctls[] = {
+	{
+		.procname	= "core_uses_pid",
+		.data		= &core_uses_pid,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "core_pattern",
+		.data		= core_pattern,
+		.maxlen		= CORENAME_MAX_SIZE,
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dostring_coredump,
+	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "core_pipe_limit",
+		.data		= &core_pipe_limit,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+	},
+	{ }
+};
+
+static int __init init_fs_coredump_sysctls(void)
+{
+	register_sysctl_init("kernel", coredump_sysctls);
+	return 0;
+}
+fs_initcall(init_fs_coredump_sysctls);
+#endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
+
 /*
  * The purpose of always_dump_vma() is to make sure that special kernel mappings
  * that are useful for post-mortem analysis are included in every core dump.
--- a/fs/exec.c~fs-coredump-move-coredump-sysctls-into-its-own-file
+++ a/fs/exec.c
@@ -2103,20 +2103,6 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE5(execveat, int, fd
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 
-static void validate_coredump_safety(void)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_COREDUMP
-	if (suid_dumpable == SUID_DUMP_ROOT &&
-	    core_pattern[0] != '/' && core_pattern[0] != '|') {
-		pr_warn(
-"Unsafe core_pattern used with fs.suid_dumpable=2.\n"
-"Pipe handler or fully qualified core dump path required.\n"
-"Set kernel.core_pattern before fs.suid_dumpable.\n"
-		);
-	}
-#endif
-}
-
 static int proc_dointvec_minmax_coredump(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
@@ -2140,50 +2126,9 @@ static struct ctl_table fs_exec_sysctls[
 	{ }
 };
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_COREDUMP
-
-static int proc_dostring_coredump(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
-		  void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
-{
-	int error = proc_dostring(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
-
-	if (!error)
-		validate_coredump_safety();
-	return error;
-}
-
-static struct ctl_table kernel_exec_sysctls[] = {
-	{
-		.procname	= "core_uses_pid",
-		.data		= &core_uses_pid,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
-		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
-	},
-	{
-		.procname	= "core_pattern",
-		.data		= core_pattern,
-		.maxlen		= CORENAME_MAX_SIZE,
-		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dostring_coredump,
-	},
-	{
-		.procname	= "core_pipe_limit",
-		.data		= &core_pipe_limit,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned int),
-		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
-	},
-	{ }
-};
-#endif
-
 static int __init init_fs_exec_sysctls(void)
 {
 	register_sysctl_init("fs", fs_exec_sysctls);
-#ifdef CONFIG_COREDUMP
-	register_sysctl_init("kernel", kernel_exec_sysctls);
-#endif
 	return 0;
 }
 
--- a/include/linux/coredump.h~fs-coredump-move-coredump-sysctls-into-its-own-file
+++ a/include/linux/coredump.h
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ struct core_vma_metadata {
 	unsigned long dump_size;
 };
 
-extern int core_uses_pid;
-extern char core_pattern[];
-extern unsigned int core_pipe_limit;
-
 /*
  * These are the only things you should do on a core-file: use only these
  * functions to write out all the necessary info.
@@ -37,4 +33,10 @@ extern void do_coredump(const kernel_sig
 static inline void do_coredump(const kernel_siginfo_t *siginfo) {}
 #endif
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_COREDUMP) && defined(CONFIG_SYSCTL)
+extern void validate_coredump_safety(void);
+#else
+static inline void validate_coredump_safety(void) {}
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_COREDUMP_H */
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c~fs-coredump-move-coredump-sysctls-into-its-own-file
+++ a/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -62,12 +62,10 @@
 #include <linux/capability.h>
 #include <linux/binfmts.h>
 #include <linux/sched/sysctl.h>
-#include <linux/sched/coredump.h>
 #include <linux/kexec.h>
 #include <linux/bpf.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/userfaultfd_k.h>
-#include <linux/coredump.h>
 #include <linux/latencytop.h>
 #include <linux/pid.h>
 #include <linux/delayacct.h>
