diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index 69c1ff003628..e647a1aa0723 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -350,6 +350,11 @@ static inline int sysfs_create_group(struct kobject *kobj,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int sysfs_create_groups(struct kobject *kobj,
+				      const struct attribute_group **groups)
+{
+}
+
 static inline int sysfs_update_group(struct kobject *kobj,
 				const struct attribute_group *grp)
 {
@@ -361,6 +366,11 @@ static inline void sysfs_remove_group(struct kobject *kobj,
 {
 }
 
+static inline void sysfs_remove_groups(struct kobject *kobj,
+				       const struct attribute_group **groups)
+{
+}
+
 static inline int sysfs_add_file_to_group(struct kobject *kobj,
 		const struct attribute *attr, const char *group)
 {