diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/metrics.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/metrics.h
index 8f96e9dc369a..77f78e56c481 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/metrics.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/metrics.h
@@ -69,9 +69,21 @@ struct rpc_clnt;
 /*
  * EXPORTed functions for managing rpc_iostats structures
  */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
+
 struct rpc_iostats *	rpc_alloc_iostats(struct rpc_clnt *);
 void			rpc_count_iostats(struct rpc_task *);
 void			rpc_print_iostats(struct seq_file *, struct rpc_clnt *);
 void			rpc_free_iostats(struct rpc_iostats *);
 
+#else  /*  CONFIG_PROC_FS  */
+
+static inline struct rpc_iostats *rpc_alloc_iostats(struct rpc_clnt *clnt) { return NULL; }
+static inline void rpc_count_iostats(struct rpc_task *task) {}
+static inline void rpc_print_iostats(struct seq_file *seq, struct rpc_clnt *clnt) {}
+static inline void rpc_free_iostats(struct rpc_iostats *stats) {}
+
+#endif  /*  CONFIG_PROC_FS  */
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_SUNRPC_METRICS_H */