diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp.c b/net/ipv4/udp.c
index 2516078aa03e..34eda973bbf1 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp.c
@@ -3264,7 +3264,7 @@ u32 udp_flow_hashrnd(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(udp_flow_hashrnd);
 
-static void __udp_sysctl_init(struct net *net)
+static int __net_init udp_sysctl_init(struct net *net)
 {
 	net->ipv4.sysctl_udp_rmem_min = PAGE_SIZE;
 	net->ipv4.sysctl_udp_wmem_min = PAGE_SIZE;
@@ -3272,11 +3272,7 @@ static void __udp_sysctl_init(struct net *net)
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_L3_MASTER_DEV
 	net->ipv4.sysctl_udp_l3mdev_accept = 0;
 #endif
-}
 
-static int __net_init udp_sysctl_init(struct net *net)
-{
-	__udp_sysctl_init(net);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -3352,8 +3348,6 @@ void __init udp_init(void)
 	sysctl_udp_mem[1] = limit;
 	sysctl_udp_mem[2] = sysctl_udp_mem[0] * 2;
 
-	__udp_sysctl_init(&init_net);
-
 	/* 16 spinlocks per cpu */
 	udp_busylocks_log = ilog2(nr_cpu_ids) + 4;
 	udp_busylocks = kmalloc(sizeof(spinlock_t) << udp_busylocks_log,