diff --git a/include/net/hotdata.h b/include/net/hotdata.h
index 290499f72e18..30e9570beb2a 100644
--- a/include/net/hotdata.h
+++ b/include/net/hotdata.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ struct net_hotdata {
 	int			dev_rx_weight;
 	int			sysctl_max_skb_frags;
 	int			sysctl_skb_defer_max;
+	int			sysctl_mem_pcpu_rsv;
 };
 
 #define inet_ehash_secret	net_hotdata.tcp_protocol.secret
diff --git a/include/net/proto_memory.h b/include/net/proto_memory.h
index 41404d4bb6f0..a6ab2f4f5e28 100644
--- a/include/net/proto_memory.h
+++ b/include/net/proto_memory.h
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 #define _PROTO_MEMORY_H
 
 #include <net/sock.h>
+#include <net/hotdata.h>
 
 /* 1 MB per cpu, in page units */
 #define SK_MEMORY_PCPU_RESERVE (1 << (20 - PAGE_SHIFT))
-extern int sysctl_mem_pcpu_rsv;
 
 static inline bool sk_has_memory_pressure(const struct sock *sk)
 {
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ sk_memory_allocated_add(const struct sock *sk, int val)
 
 	val = this_cpu_add_return(*proto->per_cpu_fw_alloc, val);
 
-	if (unlikely(val >= READ_ONCE(sysctl_mem_pcpu_rsv)))
+	if (unlikely(val >= READ_ONCE(net_hotdata.sysctl_mem_pcpu_rsv)))
 		proto_memory_pcpu_drain(proto);
 }
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ sk_memory_allocated_sub(const struct sock *sk, int val)
 
 	val = this_cpu_sub_return(*proto->per_cpu_fw_alloc, val);
 
-	if (unlikely(val <= -READ_ONCE(sysctl_mem_pcpu_rsv)))
+	if (unlikely(val <= -READ_ONCE(net_hotdata.sysctl_mem_pcpu_rsv)))
 		proto_memory_pcpu_drain(proto);
 }
 
diff --git a/net/core/hotdata.c b/net/core/hotdata.c
index a359ff160d54..d0aaaaa556f2 100644
--- a/net/core/hotdata.c
+++ b/net/core/hotdata.c
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
-#include <net/hotdata.h>
 #include <linux/cache.h>
 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
-
+#include <net/hotdata.h>
+#include <net/proto_memory.h>
 
 struct net_hotdata net_hotdata __cacheline_aligned = {
 	.offload_base = LIST_HEAD_INIT(net_hotdata.offload_base),
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@ struct net_hotdata net_hotdata __cacheline_aligned = {
 	.dev_rx_weight = 64,
 	.sysctl_max_skb_frags = MAX_SKB_FRAGS,
 	.sysctl_skb_defer_max = 64,
+	.sysctl_mem_pcpu_rsv = SK_MEMORY_PCPU_RESERVE
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(net_hotdata);
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index e0692b752369..8d6e638b5426 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -284,7 +284,6 @@ __u32 sysctl_rmem_max __read_mostly = SK_RMEM_MAX;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysctl_rmem_max);
 __u32 sysctl_wmem_default __read_mostly = SK_WMEM_MAX;
 __u32 sysctl_rmem_default __read_mostly = SK_RMEM_MAX;
-int sysctl_mem_pcpu_rsv __read_mostly = SK_MEMORY_PCPU_RESERVE;
 
 int sysctl_tstamp_allow_data __read_mostly = 1;
 
diff --git a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
index a452a330d0ed..6da5995ac86a 100644
--- a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
+++ b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ static struct ctl_table net_core_table[] = {
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "mem_pcpu_rsv",
-		.data		= &sysctl_mem_pcpu_rsv,
+		.data		= &net_hotdata.sysctl_mem_pcpu_rsv,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,