diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_misc.c b/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
index 5bca02842d07..1d6d5c5cc2a8 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
@@ -132,20 +132,6 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_modules_operations = {
 };
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SLABINFO
-static int slabinfo_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
-{
-	return seq_open(file, &slabinfo_op);
-}
-static const struct file_operations proc_slabinfo_operations = {
-	.open		= slabinfo_open,
-	.read		= seq_read,
-	.write		= slabinfo_write,
-	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
-	.release	= seq_release,
-};
-#endif
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 static int vmalloc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
@@ -309,9 +295,6 @@ void __init proc_misc_init(void)
 	proc_symlink("mounts", NULL, "self/mounts");
 
 	/* And now for trickier ones */
-#ifdef CONFIG_SLABINFO
-	proc_create("slabinfo",S_IWUSR|S_IRUGO,NULL,&proc_slabinfo_operations);
-#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 	proc_create("vmallocinfo", S_IRUSR, NULL, &proc_vmalloc_operations);
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 5ff9676c1e2c..ba965c84ae06 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -288,9 +288,4 @@ static inline void *kzalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
 	return kmalloc_node(size, flags | __GFP_ZERO, node);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SLABINFO
-extern const struct seq_operations slabinfo_op;
-ssize_t slabinfo_write(struct file *, const char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
-#endif
-
 #endif	/* _LINUX_SLAB_H */
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index d53ac9c26ab7..09187517f9dc 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -4259,7 +4259,7 @@ static int s_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
  * + further values on SMP and with statistics enabled
  */
 
-const struct seq_operations slabinfo_op = {
+static const struct seq_operations slabinfo_op = {
 	.start = s_start,
 	.next = s_next,
 	.stop = s_stop,
@@ -4316,6 +4316,19 @@ ssize_t slabinfo_write(struct file *file, const char __user * buffer,
 	return res;
 }
 
+static int slabinfo_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	return seq_open(file, &slabinfo_op);
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations proc_slabinfo_operations = {
+	.open		= slabinfo_open,
+	.read		= seq_read,
+	.write		= slabinfo_write,
+	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
+	.release	= seq_release,
+};
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB_LEAK
 
 static void *leaks_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
@@ -4478,6 +4491,7 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_slabstats_operations = {
 
 static int __init slab_proc_init(void)
 {
+	proc_create("slabinfo",S_IWUSR|S_IRUGO,NULL,&proc_slabinfo_operations);
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB_LEAK
 	proc_create("slab_allocators", 0, NULL, &proc_slabstats_operations);
 #endif
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 0c83e6afe7b2..7ad489af9561 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/cpuset.h>
@@ -4417,14 +4418,6 @@ __initcall(slab_sysfs_init);
  * The /proc/slabinfo ABI
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLABINFO
-
-ssize_t slabinfo_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
-		       size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
-{
-	return -EINVAL;
-}
-
-
 static void print_slabinfo_header(struct seq_file *m)
 {
 	seq_puts(m, "slabinfo - version: 2.1\n");
@@ -4492,11 +4485,29 @@ static int s_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-const struct seq_operations slabinfo_op = {
+static const struct seq_operations slabinfo_op = {
 	.start = s_start,
 	.next = s_next,
 	.stop = s_stop,
 	.show = s_show,
 };
 
+static int slabinfo_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	return seq_open(file, &slabinfo_op);
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations proc_slabinfo_operations = {
+	.open		= slabinfo_open,
+	.read		= seq_read,
+	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
+	.release	= seq_release,
+};
+
+static int __init slab_proc_init(void)
+{
+	proc_create("slabinfo",S_IWUSR|S_IRUGO,NULL,&proc_slabinfo_operations);
+	return 0;
+}
+module_init(slab_proc_init);
 #endif /* CONFIG_SLABINFO */