diff --git a/fs/gfs2/main.c b/fs/gfs2/main.c
index 66eb98b690a2..79be0cdc730c 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/main.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/main.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static int __init init_gfs2_fs(void)
 	if (!gfs2_trans_cachep)
 		goto fail_cachep8;
 
-	error = register_shrinker(&gfs2_qd_shrinker, "gfs2-qd");
+	error = gfs2_qd_shrinker_init();
 	if (error)
 		goto fail_shrinker;
 
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ fail_wq3:
 fail_wq2:
 	destroy_workqueue(gfs2_recovery_wq);
 fail_wq1:
-	unregister_shrinker(&gfs2_qd_shrinker);
+	gfs2_qd_shrinker_exit();
 fail_shrinker:
 	kmem_cache_destroy(gfs2_trans_cachep);
 fail_cachep8:
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ fail_lru:
 
 static void __exit exit_gfs2_fs(void)
 {
-	unregister_shrinker(&gfs2_qd_shrinker);
+	gfs2_qd_shrinker_exit();
 	gfs2_glock_exit();
 	gfs2_unregister_debugfs();
 	unregister_filesystem(&gfs2_fs_type);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/quota.c b/fs/gfs2/quota.c
index 171b2713d2e5..d3d013d1d5ac 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/quota.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/quota.c
@@ -196,13 +196,26 @@ static unsigned long gfs2_qd_shrink_count(struct shrinker *shrink,
 	return vfs_pressure_ratio(list_lru_shrink_count(&gfs2_qd_lru, sc));
 }
 
-struct shrinker gfs2_qd_shrinker = {
-	.count_objects = gfs2_qd_shrink_count,
-	.scan_objects = gfs2_qd_shrink_scan,
-	.seeks = DEFAULT_SEEKS,
-	.flags = SHRINKER_NUMA_AWARE,
-};
+static struct shrinker *gfs2_qd_shrinker;
 
+int __init gfs2_qd_shrinker_init(void)
+{
+	gfs2_qd_shrinker = shrinker_alloc(SHRINKER_NUMA_AWARE, "gfs2-qd");
+	if (!gfs2_qd_shrinker)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	gfs2_qd_shrinker->count_objects = gfs2_qd_shrink_count;
+	gfs2_qd_shrinker->scan_objects = gfs2_qd_shrink_scan;
+
+	shrinker_register(gfs2_qd_shrinker);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void gfs2_qd_shrinker_exit(void)
+{
+	shrinker_free(gfs2_qd_shrinker);
+}
 
 static u64 qd2index(struct gfs2_quota_data *qd)
 {
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/quota.h b/fs/gfs2/quota.h
index 1429945215a0..36f54b426b0c 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/quota.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/quota.h
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ static inline int gfs2_quota_lock_check(struct gfs2_inode *ip,
 }
 
 extern const struct quotactl_ops gfs2_quotactl_ops;
-extern struct shrinker gfs2_qd_shrinker;
+int __init gfs2_qd_shrinker_init(void);
+void gfs2_qd_shrinker_exit(void);
 extern struct list_lru gfs2_qd_lru;
 extern void __init gfs2_quota_hash_init(void);