ndev->addr_gen_mode = IN6_ADDR_GEN_MODE_EUI64;
 
        ndev->cnf.mtu6 = dev->mtu;
-       ndev->cnf.sysctl = NULL;
        ndev->nd_parms = neigh_parms_alloc(dev, &nd_tbl);
        if (!ndev->nd_parms) {
                kfree(ndev);
        return ret;
 }
 
-static struct addrconf_sysctl_table
-{
-       struct ctl_table_header *sysctl_header;
-       struct ctl_table addrconf_vars[DEVCONF_MAX+1];
-} addrconf_sysctl __read_mostly = {
-       .sysctl_header = NULL,
-       .addrconf_vars = {
+static const struct ctl_table addrconf_sysctl[] = {
                {
                        .procname       = "forwarding",
                        .data           = &ipv6_devconf.forwarding,
                {
                        /* sentinel */
                }
-       },
 };
 
 static int __addrconf_sysctl_register(struct net *net, char *dev_name,
                struct inet6_dev *idev, struct ipv6_devconf *p)
 {
        int i;
-       struct addrconf_sysctl_table *t;
+       struct ctl_table *table;
        char path[sizeof("net/ipv6/conf/") + IFNAMSIZ];
 
-       t = kmemdup(&addrconf_sysctl, sizeof(*t), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!t)
+       table = kmemdup(addrconf_sysctl, sizeof(addrconf_sysctl), GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!table)
                goto out;
 
-       for (i = 0; t->addrconf_vars[i].data; i++) {
-               t->addrconf_vars[i].data += (char *)p - (char *)&ipv6_devconf;
-               t->addrconf_vars[i].extra1 = idev; /* embedded; no ref */
-               t->addrconf_vars[i].extra2 = net;
+       for (i = 0; table[i].data; i++) {
+               table[i].data += (char *)p - (char *)&ipv6_devconf;
+               table[i].extra1 = idev; /* embedded; no ref */
+               table[i].extra2 = net;
        }
 
        snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "net/ipv6/conf/%s", dev_name);
 
-       t->sysctl_header = register_net_sysctl(net, path, t->addrconf_vars);
-       if (!t->sysctl_header)
+       p->sysctl_header = register_net_sysctl(net, path, table);
+       if (!p->sysctl_header)
                goto free;
 
-       p->sysctl = t;
        return 0;
 
 free:
-       kfree(t);
+       kfree(table);
 out:
        return -ENOBUFS;
 }
 
 static void __addrconf_sysctl_unregister(struct ipv6_devconf *p)
 {
-       struct addrconf_sysctl_table *t;
+       struct ctl_table *table;
 
-       if (!p->sysctl)
+       if (!p->sysctl_header)
                return;
 
-       t = p->sysctl;
-       p->sysctl = NULL;
-       unregister_net_sysctl_table(t->sysctl_header);
-       kfree(t);
+       table = p->sysctl_header->ctl_table_arg;
+       unregister_net_sysctl_table(p->sysctl_header);
+       p->sysctl_header = NULL;
+       kfree(table);
 }
 
 static int addrconf_sysctl_register(struct inet6_dev *idev)