diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 7f87066ce29..061a1dca987 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ unsigned int sign_CIFS_PDUs = 1;
 extern struct task_struct *oplockThread; /* remove sparse warning */
 struct task_struct *oplockThread = NULL;
 /* extern struct task_struct * dnotifyThread; remove sparse warning */
+#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
 static struct task_struct *dnotifyThread = NULL;
+#endif
 static const struct super_operations cifs_super_ops;
 unsigned int CIFSMaxBufSize = CIFS_MAX_MSGSIZE;
 module_param(CIFSMaxBufSize, int, 0);
@@ -1049,6 +1051,7 @@ static int cifs_oplock_thread(void *dummyarg)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
 static int cifs_dnotify_thread(void *dummyarg)
 {
 	struct list_head *tmp;
@@ -1074,6 +1077,7 @@ static int cifs_dnotify_thread(void *dummyarg)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+#endif
 
 static int __init
 init_cifs(void)
@@ -1151,16 +1155,20 @@ init_cifs(void)
 		goto out_unregister_dfs_key_type;
 	}
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
 	dnotifyThread = kthread_run(cifs_dnotify_thread, NULL, "cifsdnotifyd");
 	if (IS_ERR(dnotifyThread)) {
 		rc = PTR_ERR(dnotifyThread);
 		cERROR(1, ("error %d create dnotify thread", rc));
 		goto out_stop_oplock_thread;
 	}
+#endif
 
 	return 0;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
  out_stop_oplock_thread:
+#endif
 	kthread_stop(oplockThread);
  out_unregister_dfs_key_type:
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL
@@ -1199,8 +1207,10 @@ exit_cifs(void)
 	cifs_destroy_inodecache();
 	cifs_destroy_mids();
 	cifs_destroy_request_bufs();
-	kthread_stop(oplockThread);
+#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
 	kthread_stop(dnotifyThread);
+#endif
+	kthread_stop(oplockThread);
 }
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>");