diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
index 7c5b517..f51e062 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
 		goto out_bad;
 
 	/* The sysfs dirent has been moved to a different namespace */
-	if (sd->s_parent && (sd->s_parent->s_flags & SYSFS_FLAG_NS) &&
+	if (sd->s_parent && kernfs_ns_enabled(sd->s_parent) &&
 	    sysfs_info(dentry->d_sb)->ns != sd->s_ns)
 		goto out_bad;
 
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@
 int sysfs_add_one(struct sysfs_addrm_cxt *acxt, struct sysfs_dirent *sd,
 		  struct sysfs_dirent *parent_sd)
 {
-	bool has_ns = parent_sd->s_flags & SYSFS_FLAG_NS;
+	bool has_ns = kernfs_ns_enabled(parent_sd);
 	struct sysfs_inode_attrs *ps_iattr;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@
 					   const void *ns)
 {
 	struct rb_node *node = parent->s_dir.children.rb_node;
-	bool has_ns = parent->s_flags & SYSFS_FLAG_NS;
+	bool has_ns = kernfs_ns_enabled(parent);
 	unsigned int hash;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&sysfs_mutex);
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@
 
 	mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
 
-	if (parent_sd->s_flags & SYSFS_FLAG_NS)
+	if (kernfs_ns_enabled(parent_sd))
 		ns = sysfs_info(dir->i_sb)->ns;
 
 	sd = kernfs_find_ns(parent_sd, dentry->d_name.name, ns);
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@
 		return 0;
 	mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
 
-	if (parent_sd->s_flags & SYSFS_FLAG_NS)
+	if (kernfs_ns_enabled(parent_sd))
 		ns = sysfs_info(dentry->d_sb)->ns;
 
 	for (pos = sysfs_dir_pos(ns, parent_sd, ctx->pos, pos);
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/symlink.c b/fs/kernfs/symlink.c
index 004c164..12569a7 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/symlink.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 	if (!sd)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	if (parent->s_flags & SYSFS_FLAG_NS)
+	if (kernfs_ns_enabled(parent))
 		sd->s_ns = target->s_ns;
 	sd->s_symlink.target_sd = target;
 	kernfs_get(target);	/* ref owned by symlink */
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index 62f0e01..1b8c9ed 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 	 * sysfs_remove_dir() for details.
 	 */
 	spin_lock(&sysfs_symlink_target_lock);
-	if (targ->sd && (kobj->sd->s_flags & SYSFS_FLAG_NS))
+	if (targ->sd && kernfs_ns_enabled(kobj->sd))
 		ns = targ->sd->s_ns;
 	spin_unlock(&sysfs_symlink_target_lock);
 	kernfs_remove_by_name_ns(kobj->sd, name, ns);
diff --git a/include/linux/kernfs.h b/include/linux/kernfs.h
index faaf4f2..d655413 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernfs.h
@@ -190,6 +190,17 @@
 	sd->s_flags |= SYSFS_FLAG_NS;
 }
 
+/**
+ * kernfs_ns_enabled - test whether namespace is enabled
+ * @sd: the node to test
+ *
+ * Test whether namespace filtering is enabled for the children of @ns.
+ */
+static inline bool kernfs_ns_enabled(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
+{
+	return sd->s_flags & SYSFS_FLAG_NS;
+}
+
 struct sysfs_dirent *kernfs_find_and_get_ns(struct sysfs_dirent *parent,
 					    const char *name, const void *ns);
 void kernfs_get(struct sysfs_dirent *sd);
@@ -232,6 +243,9 @@
 
 static inline void kernfs_enable_ns(struct sysfs_dirent *sd) { }
 
+static inline bool kernfs_ns_enabled(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
+{ return false; }
+
 static inline struct sysfs_dirent *
 kernfs_find_and_get_ns(struct sysfs_dirent *parent, const char *name,
 		       const void *ns)