diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index f6025c81bfd5e0..eab59de4755656 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -144,24 +144,6 @@ static void sysfs_unlink_sibling(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 		sd->s_parent->s_flags &= ~SYSFS_FLAG_HAS_NS;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
-
-/* Test for attributes that want to ignore lockdep for read-locking */
-static bool ignore_lockdep(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
-{
-	return sysfs_type(sd) == SYSFS_KOBJ_ATTR &&
-			sd->s_attr.attr->ignore_lockdep;
-}
-
-#else
-
-static inline bool ignore_lockdep(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
-{
-	return true;
-}
-
-#endif
-
 /**
  *	sysfs_get_active - get an active reference to sysfs_dirent
  *	@sd: sysfs_dirent to get an active reference to
@@ -180,7 +162,7 @@ struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_get_active(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 	if (!atomic_inc_unless_negative(&sd->s_active))
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (likely(!ignore_lockdep(sd)))
+	if (likely(!sysfs_ignore_lockdep(sd)))
 		rwsem_acquire_read(&sd->dep_map, 0, 1, _RET_IP_);
 	return sd;
 }
@@ -199,7 +181,7 @@ void sysfs_put_active(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 	if (unlikely(!sd))
 		return;
 
-	if (likely(!ignore_lockdep(sd)))
+	if (likely(!sysfs_ignore_lockdep(sd)))
 		rwsem_release(&sd->dep_map, 1, _RET_IP_);
 	v = atomic_dec_return(&sd->s_active);
 	if (likely(v != SD_DEACTIVATED_BIAS))
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index 5f7a955550debd..c324ee906df0d0 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ static const struct sysfs_ops *sysfs_file_ops(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 {
 	struct kobject *kobj = sd->s_parent->s_dir.kobj;
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(sd);
+	if (!sysfs_ignore_lockdep(sd))
+		lockdep_assert_held(sd);
 	return kobj->ktype ? kobj->ktype->sysfs_ops : NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index 4e01d3b3909cb8..94ac8fa34dd483 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ static inline unsigned int sysfs_type(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
+
 #define sysfs_dirent_init_lockdep(sd)				\
 do {								\
 	struct attribute *attr = sd->s_attr.attr;		\
@@ -112,8 +113,23 @@ do {								\
 								\
 	lockdep_init_map(&sd->dep_map, "s_active", key, 0);	\
 } while (0)
+
+/* Test for attributes that want to ignore lockdep for read-locking */
+static inline bool sysfs_ignore_lockdep(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
+{
+	return sysfs_type(sd) == SYSFS_KOBJ_ATTR &&
+		sd->s_attr.attr->ignore_lockdep;
+}
+
 #else
+
 #define sysfs_dirent_init_lockdep(sd) do {} while (0)
+
+static inline bool sysfs_ignore_lockdep(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
+{
+	return true;
+}
+
 #endif
 
 /*