diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index b46f496405e4..97186b99b0e4 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/kmemcheck.h>
+#include <linux/kmemleak.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
@@ -1556,7 +1557,10 @@ static struct ctl_table dev_table[] = {
 
 int __init sysctl_init(void)
 {
-	register_sysctl_table(sysctl_base_table);
+	struct ctl_table_header *hdr;
+
+	hdr = register_sysctl_table(sysctl_base_table);
+	kmemleak_not_leak(hdr);
 	return 0;
 }