diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 346be829229476e96bf7b41452213203364d1b6a..df2fc279a666767000c09619aa8907ed689447c0 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -8531,7 +8531,8 @@ static __init int mem_cgroup_sysctls_init(void)
 	if (mem_cgroup_disabled())
 		return 0;
 
-	register_sysctl_init("vm", mem_cgroup_sysctls);
+	if (ARRAY_SIZE(mem_cgroup_sysctls))
+		register_sysctl_init("vm", mem_cgroup_sysctls);
 	return 0;
 }
 #else