diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index b69c95315480..e7e63bb4b7fe 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ obj-y     = fork.o exec_domain.o panic.o \
 	    extable.o params.o \
 	    kthread.o sys_ni.o nsproxy.o \
 	    notifier.o ksysfs.o cred.o reboot.o \
-	    async.o range.o smpboot.o ucount.o regset.o
+	    async.o range.o smpboot.o ucount.o regset.o ksyms_common.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_USERMODE_DRIVER) += usermode_driver.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MULTIUSER) += groups.o
diff --git a/kernel/kallsyms.c b/kernel/kallsyms.c
index 8193e947aa10..0f82c3d5a57d 100644
--- a/kernel/kallsyms.c
+++ b/kernel/kallsyms.c
@@ -907,41 +907,6 @@ late_initcall(bpf_ksym_iter_register);
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL */
 
-static inline int kallsyms_for_perf(void)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
-	extern int sysctl_perf_event_paranoid;
-	if (sysctl_perf_event_paranoid <= 1)
-		return 1;
-#endif
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * We show kallsyms information even to normal users if we've enabled
- * kernel profiling and are explicitly not paranoid (so kptr_restrict
- * is clear, and sysctl_perf_event_paranoid isn't set).
- *
- * Otherwise, require CAP_SYSLOG (assuming kptr_restrict isn't set to
- * block even that).
- */
-bool kallsyms_show_value(const struct cred *cred)
-{
-	switch (kptr_restrict) {
-	case 0:
-		if (kallsyms_for_perf())
-			return true;
-		fallthrough;
-	case 1:
-		if (security_capable(cred, &init_user_ns, CAP_SYSLOG,
-				     CAP_OPT_NOAUDIT) == 0)
-			return true;
-		fallthrough;
-	default:
-		return false;
-	}
-}
-
 static int kallsyms_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	/*
diff --git a/kernel/ksyms_common.c b/kernel/ksyms_common.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3840fa1c9c86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/ksyms_common.c
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * ksyms_common.c: A split of kernel/kallsyms.c
+ * Contains a few generic function definations independent of config KALLSYMS.
+ */
+#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS
+static inline int kallsyms_for_perf(void)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
+	extern int sysctl_perf_event_paranoid;
+
+	if (sysctl_perf_event_paranoid <= 1)
+		return 1;
+#endif
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * We show kallsyms information even to normal users if we've enabled
+ * kernel profiling and are explicitly not paranoid (so kptr_restrict
+ * is clear, and sysctl_perf_event_paranoid isn't set).
+ *
+ * Otherwise, require CAP_SYSLOG (assuming kptr_restrict isn't set to
+ * block even that).
+ */
+bool kallsyms_show_value(const struct cred *cred)
+{
+	switch (kptr_restrict) {
+	case 0:
+		if (kallsyms_for_perf())
+			return true;
+		fallthrough;
+	case 1:
+		if (security_capable(cred, &init_user_ns, CAP_SYSLOG,
+				     CAP_OPT_NOAUDIT) == 0)
+			return true;
+		fallthrough;
+	default:
+		return false;
+	}
+}
+#endif