diff --git a/net/batman-adv/Kconfig b/net/batman-adv/Kconfig
index 17595ec0961a41efcfdb398a4e8f22cfd2f439eb..a3d188dfbe75a4a94d69e5036ee22c306e8b085f 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/Kconfig
+++ b/net/batman-adv/Kconfig
@@ -97,6 +97,18 @@ config BATMAN_ADV_DEBUG
 	  buffer. The output is controlled via the batadv netdev specific
 	  log_level setting.
 
+config BATMAN_ADV_SYSFS
+	bool "batman-adv sysfs entries"
+	depends on BATMAN_ADV
+	default y
+	help
+	  Say Y here if you want to enable batman-adv device configuration and
+	  status interface through sysfs attributes. It is replaced by the
+	  batadv generic netlink family but still used by various userspace
+	  tools and scripts.
+
+	  If unsure, say Y.
+
 config BATMAN_ADV_TRACING
 	bool "B.A.T.M.A.N. tracing support"
 	depends on BATMAN_ADV
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/Makefile b/net/batman-adv/Makefile
index 1bf7acfea17a6a57a4afe82b566aacea2f8a4773..fd63e116d9ff7ccc59f613d18707f80b21055b39 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/Makefile
+++ b/net/batman-adv/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ batman-adv-y += originator.o
 batman-adv-y += routing.o
 batman-adv-y += send.o
 batman-adv-y += soft-interface.o
-batman-adv-y += sysfs.o
+batman-adv-$(CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_SYSFS) += sysfs.o
 batman-adv-$(CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_TRACING) += trace.o
 batman-adv-y += tp_meter.o
 batman-adv-y += translation-table.o
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c b/net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c
index ee92bbc25058bc14c7fd87852ffeb62b58e5dbcd..8d6b7c9c2a7e20b1abb715167339c383ca588e27 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 #include "netlink.h"
 #include "originator.h"
 #include "soft-interface.h"
-#include "sysfs.h"
 #include "translation-table.h"
 
 static const u8 batadv_announce_mac[4] = {0x43, 0x05, 0x43, 0x05};
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c b/net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c
index be63d67066595c366bb4f63f376b6b29fa2b7711..47df4c678988613f7410acb96889558eabdf396d 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 #include "originator.h"
 #include "routing.h"
 #include "soft-interface.h"
-#include "sysfs.h"
 #include "translation-table.h"
 
 /* These are the offsets of the "hw type" and "hw address length" in the dhcp
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/main.c b/net/batman-adv/main.c
index 33b9b38b82da531fa708e8c38b45063febc03f46..dabcaff87e3499b416e762da173f0def4cdeac86 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/main.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/main.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/build_bug.h>
 #include <linux/byteorder/generic.h>
 #include <linux/crc32c.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/genetlink.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/ip.h>
 #include <linux/ipv6.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/kref.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/stddef.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
@@ -72,6 +75,22 @@ struct workqueue_struct *batadv_event_workqueue;
 
 static void batadv_recv_handler_init(void);
 
+#define BATADV_UEV_TYPE_VAR	"BATTYPE="
+#define BATADV_UEV_ACTION_VAR	"BATACTION="
+#define BATADV_UEV_DATA_VAR	"BATDATA="
+
+static char *batadv_uev_action_str[] = {
+	"add",
+	"del",
+	"change",
+	"loopdetect",
+};
+
+static char *batadv_uev_type_str[] = {
+	"gw",
+	"bla",
+};
+
 static int __init batadv_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -666,6 +685,60 @@ bool batadv_vlan_ap_isola_get(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, unsigned short vid)
 	return ap_isolation_enabled;
 }
 
+/**
+ * batadv_throw_uevent() - Send an uevent with batman-adv specific env data
+ * @bat_priv: the bat priv with all the soft interface information
+ * @type: subsystem type of event. Stored in uevent's BATTYPE
+ * @action: action type of event. Stored in uevent's BATACTION
+ * @data: string with additional information to the event (ignored for
+ *  BATADV_UEV_DEL). Stored in uevent's BATDATA
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success or negative error number in case of failure
+ */
+int batadv_throw_uevent(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, enum batadv_uev_type type,
+			enum batadv_uev_action action, const char *data)
+{
+	int ret = -ENOMEM;
+	struct kobject *bat_kobj;
+	char *uevent_env[4] = { NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL };
+
+	bat_kobj = &bat_priv->soft_iface->dev.kobj;
+
+	uevent_env[0] = kasprintf(GFP_ATOMIC,
+				  "%s%s", BATADV_UEV_TYPE_VAR,
+				  batadv_uev_type_str[type]);
+	if (!uevent_env[0])
+		goto out;
+
+	uevent_env[1] = kasprintf(GFP_ATOMIC,
+				  "%s%s", BATADV_UEV_ACTION_VAR,
+				  batadv_uev_action_str[action]);
+	if (!uevent_env[1])
+		goto out;
+
+	/* If the event is DEL, ignore the data field */
+	if (action != BATADV_UEV_DEL) {
+		uevent_env[2] = kasprintf(GFP_ATOMIC,
+					  "%s%s", BATADV_UEV_DATA_VAR, data);
+		if (!uevent_env[2])
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = kobject_uevent_env(bat_kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE, uevent_env);
+out:
+	kfree(uevent_env[0]);
+	kfree(uevent_env[1]);
+	kfree(uevent_env[2]);
+
+	if (ret)
+		batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_BATMAN, bat_priv,
+			   "Impossible to send uevent for (%s,%s,%s) event (err: %d)\n",
+			   batadv_uev_type_str[type],
+			   batadv_uev_action_str[action],
+			   (action == BATADV_UEV_DEL ? "NULL" : data), ret);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 module_init(batadv_init);
 module_exit(batadv_exit);
 
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/main.h b/net/batman-adv/main.h
index c5de987778d14e31813e749fdf33972e34906436..f827e441025ff11df10945781e0da72ac4794b70 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/main.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/main.h
@@ -382,5 +382,7 @@ static inline void batadv_add_counter(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, size_t idx,
 
 unsigned short batadv_get_vid(struct sk_buff *skb, size_t header_len);
 bool batadv_vlan_ap_isola_get(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, unsigned short vid);
+int batadv_throw_uevent(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, enum batadv_uev_type type,
+			enum batadv_uev_action action, const char *data);
 
 #endif /* _NET_BATMAN_ADV_MAIN_H_ */
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/sysfs.c b/net/batman-adv/sysfs.c
index 4fc9f730517420a0d5d2f9f99bcb5aa700703d6b..7d289e50de7178c2a9390fc4688542acf96a36bd 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/sysfs.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/sysfs.c
@@ -102,22 +102,6 @@ batadv_kobj_to_vlan(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, struct kobject *obj)
 	return vlan;
 }
 
-#define BATADV_UEV_TYPE_VAR	"BATTYPE="
-#define BATADV_UEV_ACTION_VAR	"BATACTION="
-#define BATADV_UEV_DATA_VAR	"BATDATA="
-
-static char *batadv_uev_action_str[] = {
-	"add",
-	"del",
-	"change",
-	"loopdetect",
-};
-
-static char *batadv_uev_type_str[] = {
-	"gw",
-	"bla",
-};
-
 /* Use this, if you have customized show and store functions for vlan attrs */
 #define BATADV_ATTR_VLAN(_name, _mode, _show, _store)	\
 struct batadv_attribute batadv_attr_vlan_##_name = {	\
@@ -1235,57 +1219,3 @@ void batadv_sysfs_del_hardif(struct kobject **hardif_obj)
 	kobject_put(*hardif_obj);
 	*hardif_obj = NULL;
 }
-
-/**
- * batadv_throw_uevent() - Send an uevent with batman-adv specific env data
- * @bat_priv: the bat priv with all the soft interface information
- * @type: subsystem type of event. Stored in uevent's BATTYPE
- * @action: action type of event. Stored in uevent's BATACTION
- * @data: string with additional information to the event (ignored for
- *  BATADV_UEV_DEL). Stored in uevent's BATDATA
- *
- * Return: 0 on success or negative error number in case of failure
- */
-int batadv_throw_uevent(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, enum batadv_uev_type type,
-			enum batadv_uev_action action, const char *data)
-{
-	int ret = -ENOMEM;
-	struct kobject *bat_kobj;
-	char *uevent_env[4] = { NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL };
-
-	bat_kobj = &bat_priv->soft_iface->dev.kobj;
-
-	uevent_env[0] = kasprintf(GFP_ATOMIC,
-				  "%s%s", BATADV_UEV_TYPE_VAR,
-				  batadv_uev_type_str[type]);
-	if (!uevent_env[0])
-		goto out;
-
-	uevent_env[1] = kasprintf(GFP_ATOMIC,
-				  "%s%s", BATADV_UEV_ACTION_VAR,
-				  batadv_uev_action_str[action]);
-	if (!uevent_env[1])
-		goto out;
-
-	/* If the event is DEL, ignore the data field */
-	if (action != BATADV_UEV_DEL) {
-		uevent_env[2] = kasprintf(GFP_ATOMIC,
-					  "%s%s", BATADV_UEV_DATA_VAR, data);
-		if (!uevent_env[2])
-			goto out;
-	}
-
-	ret = kobject_uevent_env(bat_kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE, uevent_env);
-out:
-	kfree(uevent_env[0]);
-	kfree(uevent_env[1]);
-	kfree(uevent_env[2]);
-
-	if (ret)
-		batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_BATMAN, bat_priv,
-			   "Impossible to send uevent for (%s,%s,%s) event (err: %d)\n",
-			   batadv_uev_type_str[type],
-			   batadv_uev_action_str[action],
-			   (action == BATADV_UEV_DEL ? "NULL" : data), ret);
-	return ret;
-}
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/sysfs.h b/net/batman-adv/sysfs.h
index 2d13f59efb1a1028d2fdb7ac5f4f28ea0a46d1a2..83fa808b187137827406a3bc41c77ff0c23863db 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/sysfs.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/sysfs.h
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ struct batadv_attribute {
 			 char *buf, size_t count);
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_SYSFS
+
 int batadv_sysfs_add_meshif(struct net_device *dev);
 void batadv_sysfs_del_meshif(struct net_device *dev);
 int batadv_sysfs_add_hardif(struct kobject **hardif_obj,
@@ -54,7 +56,39 @@ int batadv_sysfs_add_vlan(struct net_device *dev,
 			  struct batadv_softif_vlan *vlan);
 void batadv_sysfs_del_vlan(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 			   struct batadv_softif_vlan *vlan);
-int batadv_throw_uevent(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, enum batadv_uev_type type,
-			enum batadv_uev_action action, const char *data);
+
+#else
+
+static inline int batadv_sysfs_add_meshif(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void batadv_sysfs_del_meshif(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+}
+
+static inline int batadv_sysfs_add_hardif(struct kobject **hardif_obj,
+					  struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void batadv_sysfs_del_hardif(struct kobject **hardif_obj)
+{
+}
+
+static inline int batadv_sysfs_add_vlan(struct net_device *dev,
+					struct batadv_softif_vlan *vlan)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void batadv_sysfs_del_vlan(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
+					 struct batadv_softif_vlan *vlan)
+{
+}
+
+#endif
 
 #endif /* _NET_BATMAN_ADV_SYSFS_H_ */