diff --git a/drivers/parisc/power.c b/drivers/parisc/power.c
index 7a6a3e7f2825..9d6c7bf72e29 100644
--- a/drivers/parisc/power.c
+++ b/drivers/parisc/power.c
@@ -83,7 +83,25 @@ static struct task_struct *power_task;
 #define SYSCTL_FILENAME	"sys/kernel/power"
 
 /* soft power switch enabled/disabled */
-int pwrsw_enabled __read_mostly = 1;
+static int pwrsw_enabled __read_mostly = 1;
+
+static const struct ctl_table power_sysctl_table[] = {
+	{
+		.procname	= "soft-power",
+		.data		= &pwrsw_enabled,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+	},
+};
+
+static int __init init_power_sysctl(void)
+{
+	register_sysctl_init("kernel", power_sysctl_table);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+arch_initcall(init_power_sysctl);
 
 /* main kernel thread worker. It polls the button state */
 static int kpowerswd(void *param)
diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index 40a6ac6c9713..ae762eabb7c9 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -242,7 +242,6 @@ int do_proc_douintvec(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 				  int write, void *data),
 		      void *data);
 
-extern int pwrsw_enabled;
 extern int unaligned_enabled;
 extern int unaligned_dump_stack;
 extern int no_unaligned_warning;
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index adc2d3ea1278..718140251972 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1594,15 +1594,6 @@ static const struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.extra2		= SYSCTL_ONE,
 	},
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_PARISC
-	{
-		.procname	= "soft-power",
-		.data		= &pwrsw_enabled,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof (int),
-		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
-	},
-#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL_ARCH_UNALIGN_ALLOW
 	{
 		.procname	= "unaligned-trap",