diff --git a/include/linux/kernfs.h b/include/linux/kernfs.h
index ba993eb..f20796e 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernfs.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
 		     const char *new_name, const void *new_ns);
 void kernfs_enable_ns(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
 int kernfs_setattr(struct sysfs_dirent *sd, const struct iattr *iattr);
+void kernfs_notify(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
 
 #else	/* CONFIG_SYSFS */
 
@@ -120,6 +121,8 @@
 				 const struct iattr *iattr)
 { return -ENOSYS; }
 
+static inline void kernfs_notify(struct sysfs_dirent *sd) { }
+
 #endif	/* CONFIG_SYSFS */
 
 static inline struct sysfs_dirent *
diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index 2bc735d..0ab2b02 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -243,7 +243,6 @@
 				  const char *link_name);
 
 void sysfs_notify(struct kobject *kobj, const char *dir, const char *attr);
-void sysfs_notify_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
 struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_get_dirent_ns(struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd,
 					 const unsigned char *name,
 					 const void *ns);
@@ -418,9 +417,6 @@
 				const char *attr)
 {
 }
-static inline void sysfs_notify_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
-{
-}
 static inline struct sysfs_dirent *
 sysfs_get_dirent_ns(struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd, const unsigned char *name,
 		    const void *ns)
@@ -466,4 +462,9 @@
 	return sysfs_get_dirent_ns(parent_sd, name, NULL);
 }
 
+static inline void sysfs_notify_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
+{
+	kernfs_notify(sd);
+}
+
 #endif /* _SYSFS_H_ */