diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index f7f906f..2cb49a9 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -630,12 +630,14 @@
 		struct kobject *parent_kobj;
 		struct kobject *k;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
 		/* block disks show up in /sys/block */
 		if (sysfs_deprecated && dev->class == &block_class) {
 			if (parent && parent->class == &block_class)
 				return &parent->kobj;
 			return &block_class.p->class_subsys.kobj;
 		}
+#endif
 
 		/*
 		 * If we have no parent, we live in "virtual".
@@ -719,9 +721,11 @@
 			goto out_subsys;
 	}
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
 	/* /sys/block has directories and does not need symlinks */
 	if (sysfs_deprecated && dev->class == &block_class)
 		return 0;
+#endif
 
 	/* link in the class directory pointing to the device */
 	error = sysfs_create_link(&dev->class->p->class_subsys.kobj,
@@ -748,8 +752,10 @@
 	if (dev->parent && device_is_not_partition(dev))
 		sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "device");
 	sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "subsystem");
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
 	if (sysfs_deprecated && dev->class == &block_class)
 		return;
+#endif
 	sysfs_delete_link(&dev->class->p->class_subsys.kobj, &dev->kobj, dev_name(dev));
 }