diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index ac05f33a0dde..b9841c2b517c 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/kmemleak.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
 static const struct dentry_operations proc_sys_dentry_operations;
@@ -1207,6 +1208,8 @@ struct ctl_table_header *__register_sysctl_table(
 	if (!header)
 		return NULL;
 
+	kmemleak_not_leak(header);
+
 	node = (struct ctl_node *)(header + 1);
 	init_header(header, root, set, node, table);
 	if (sysctl_check_table(path, table))