static void inet_del_ifa(struct in_device *in_dev, struct in_ifaddr **ifap,
                         int destroy);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
-static void devinet_sysctl_register(struct in_device *in_dev,
-                                   struct ipv4_devconf *p);
+static void devinet_sysctl_register(struct in_device *idev);
 static void devinet_sysctl_unregister(struct ipv4_devconf *p);
 #endif
 
        in_dev_hold(in_dev);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
-       devinet_sysctl_register(in_dev, &in_dev->cnf);
+       devinet_sysctl_register(in_dev);
 #endif
        ip_mc_init_dev(in_dev);
        if (dev->flags & IFF_UP)
                neigh_sysctl_unregister(in_dev->arp_parms);
                neigh_sysctl_register(dev, in_dev->arp_parms, NET_IPV4,
                                      NET_IPV4_NEIGH, "ipv4", NULL, NULL);
-               devinet_sysctl_register(in_dev, &in_dev->cnf);
+               devinet_sysctl_register(in_dev);
 #endif
                break;
        }
        },
 };
 
-static void devinet_sysctl_register(struct in_device *in_dev,
-                                   struct ipv4_devconf *p)
+static void __devinet_sysctl_register(char *dev_name, int ctl_name,
+               struct ipv4_devconf *p)
 {
        int i;
-       struct net_device *dev = in_dev ? in_dev->dev : NULL;
        struct devinet_sysctl_table *t;
-       char *dev_name = NULL;
 
        t = kmemdup(&devinet_sysctl, sizeof(*t), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!t)
                t->devinet_vars[i].extra1 = p;
        }
 
-       if (dev) {
-               dev_name = dev->name;
-               t->devinet_dev[0].ctl_name = dev->ifindex;
-       } else {
-               dev_name = "default";
-               t->devinet_dev[0].ctl_name = NET_PROTO_CONF_DEFAULT;
-       }
+       t->devinet_dev[0].ctl_name = ctl_name;
 
        /*
         * Make a copy of dev_name, because '.procname' is regarded as const
        return;
 }
 
+static void devinet_sysctl_register(struct in_device *idev)
+{
+       return __devinet_sysctl_register(idev->dev->name, idev->dev->ifindex,
+                       &idev->cnf);
+}
+
 static void devinet_sysctl_unregister(struct ipv4_devconf *p)
 {
        if (p->sysctl) {
        rtnl_register(PF_INET, RTM_DELADDR, inet_rtm_deladdr, NULL);
        rtnl_register(PF_INET, RTM_GETADDR, NULL, inet_dump_ifaddr);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
-       devinet_sysctl.sysctl_header =
-               register_sysctl_table(devinet_sysctl.devinet_root_dir);
-       devinet_sysctl_register(NULL, &ipv4_devconf_dflt);
+       __devinet_sysctl_register("all", NET_PROTO_CONF_ALL,
+                       &ipv4_devconf);
+       __devinet_sysctl_register("default", NET_PROTO_CONF_DEFAULT,
+                       &ipv4_devconf_dflt);
 #endif
 }