diff --git a/kernel/printk/Makefile b/kernel/printk/Makefile
index d118739874c0..f5b388e810b9 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/printk/Makefile
@@ -2,5 +2,8 @@
 obj-y	= printk.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PRINTK)	+= printk_safe.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_A11Y_BRAILLE_CONSOLE)	+= braille.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_PRINTK)	+= printk_ringbuffer.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PRINTK_INDEX)	+= index.o
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_PRINTK)                 += printk_support.o
+printk_support-y	             := printk_ringbuffer.o
+printk_support-$(CONFIG_SYSCTL)	     += sysctl.o
diff --git a/kernel/printk/internal.h b/kernel/printk/internal.h
index 9f3ed2fdb721..6b1c4b399845 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/internal.h
+++ b/kernel/printk/internal.h
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
  */
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_PRINTK) && defined(CONFIG_SYSCTL)
+void __init printk_sysctl_init(void);
+#else
+#define printk_sysctl_init() do { } while (0)
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK
 
 /* Flags for a single printk record. */
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index cbc35d586afb..dbb44086ba65 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -3202,6 +3202,7 @@ static int __init printk_late_init(void)
 	ret = cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls(CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN, "printk:online",
 					console_cpu_notify, NULL);
 	WARN_ON(ret < 0);
+	printk_sysctl_init();
 	return 0;
 }
 late_initcall(printk_late_init);
diff --git a/kernel/printk/sysctl.c b/kernel/printk/sysctl.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..653ae04aab7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/printk/sysctl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * sysctl.c: General linux system control interface
+ */
+
+#include <linux/sysctl.h>
+#include <linux/printk.h>
+#include <linux/capability.h>
+#include <linux/ratelimit.h>
+#include "internal.h"
+
+static const int ten_thousand = 10000;
+
+static int proc_dointvec_minmax_sysadmin(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+				void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	if (write && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	return proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+}
+
+static struct ctl_table printk_sysctls[] = {
+	{
+		.procname	= "printk",
+		.data		= &console_loglevel,
+		.maxlen		= 4*sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "printk_ratelimit",
+		.data		= &printk_ratelimit_state.interval,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_jiffies,
+	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "printk_ratelimit_burst",
+		.data		= &printk_ratelimit_state.burst,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "printk_delay",
+		.data		= &printk_delay_msec,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
+		.extra2		= (void *)&ten_thousand,
+	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "printk_devkmsg",
+		.data		= devkmsg_log_str,
+		.maxlen		= DEVKMSG_STR_MAX_SIZE,
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= devkmsg_sysctl_set_loglvl,
+	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "dmesg_restrict",
+		.data		= &dmesg_restrict,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax_sysadmin,
+		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
+		.extra2		= SYSCTL_ONE,
+	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "kptr_restrict",
+		.data		= &kptr_restrict,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax_sysadmin,
+		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
+		.extra2		= SYSCTL_TWO,
+	},
+	{}
+};
+
+void __init printk_sysctl_init(void)
+{
+	register_sysctl_init("kernel", printk_sysctls);
+}
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 7745c9b72bda..02ef27804601 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -907,17 +907,6 @@ static int proc_taint(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 	return err;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK
-static int proc_dointvec_minmax_sysadmin(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
-				void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
-{
-	if (write && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-		return -EPERM;
-
-	return proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
-}
-#endif
-
 /**
  * struct do_proc_dointvec_minmax_conv_param - proc_dointvec_minmax() range checking structure
  * @min: pointer to minimum allowable value
@@ -2209,63 +2198,6 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_doulongvec_minmax,
 	},
-#if defined CONFIG_PRINTK
-	{
-		.procname	= "printk",
-		.data		= &console_loglevel,
-		.maxlen		= 4*sizeof(int),
-		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
-	},
-	{
-		.procname	= "printk_ratelimit",
-		.data		= &printk_ratelimit_state.interval,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
-		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_jiffies,
-	},
-	{
-		.procname	= "printk_ratelimit_burst",
-		.data		= &printk_ratelimit_state.burst,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
-		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
-	},
-	{
-		.procname	= "printk_delay",
-		.data		= &printk_delay_msec,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
-		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
-		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
-		.extra2		= (void *)&ten_thousand,
-	},
-	{
-		.procname	= "printk_devkmsg",
-		.data		= devkmsg_log_str,
-		.maxlen		= DEVKMSG_STR_MAX_SIZE,
-		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= devkmsg_sysctl_set_loglvl,
-	},
-	{
-		.procname	= "dmesg_restrict",
-		.data		= &dmesg_restrict,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
-		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax_sysadmin,
-		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
-		.extra2		= SYSCTL_ONE,
-	},
-	{
-		.procname	= "kptr_restrict",
-		.data		= &kptr_restrict,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
-		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax_sysadmin,
-		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
-		.extra2		= SYSCTL_TWO,
-	},
-#endif
 	{
 		.procname	= "ngroups_max",
 		.data		= (void *)&ngroups_max,
