diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index 2501e6f1f965..52853cf5d7da 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ config GRACE_PERIOD
 config LOCKD
 	tristate
 	depends on FILE_LOCKING
+	select CRC32
 	select GRACE_PERIOD
 
 config LOCKD_V4
diff --git a/fs/nfs/Kconfig b/fs/nfs/Kconfig
index e84c187d942e..1a5bfd42443f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/nfs/Kconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 config NFS_FS
 	tristate "NFS client support"
 	depends on INET && FILE_LOCKING && MULTIUSER
+	select CRC32
 	select LOCKD
 	select SUNRPC
 	select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFS_V3_ACL
@@ -194,5 +195,4 @@ config NFS_USE_KERNEL_DNS
 config NFS_DEBUG
 	bool
 	depends on NFS_FS && SUNRPC_DEBUG
-	select CRC32
 	default y
diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index 5c9166357ae7..bfb53756654d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -720,18 +720,11 @@ u64 nfs_timespec_to_change_attr(const struct timespec *ts)
 	return ((u64)ts->tv_sec << 30) + ts->tv_nsec;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CRC32
 static inline u32 nfs_stateid_hash(const nfs4_stateid *stateid)
 {
 	return ~crc32_le(0xFFFFFFFF, &stateid->other[0],
 				NFS4_STATEID_OTHER_SIZE);
 }
-#else
-static inline u32 nfs_stateid_hash(nfs4_stateid *stateid)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-#endif
 
 static inline bool nfs_error_is_fatal(int err)
 {
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4session.h b/fs/nfs/nfs4session.h
index b996ee23f1ba..8ad99938aae1 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4session.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4session.h
@@ -147,16 +147,12 @@ static inline void nfs4_copy_sessionid(struct nfs4_sessionid *dst,
 	memcpy(dst->data, src->data, NFS4_MAX_SESSIONID_LEN);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CRC32
 /*
  * nfs_session_id_hash - calculate the crc32 hash for the session id
  * @session - pointer to session
  */
 #define nfs_session_id_hash(sess_id) \
 	(~crc32_le(0xFFFFFFFF, &(sess_id)->data[0], sizeof((sess_id)->data)))
-#else
-#define nfs_session_id_hash(session) (0)
-#endif
 #else /* defined(CONFIG_NFS_V4_1) */
 
 static inline int nfs4_init_session(struct nfs_client *clp)
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/Kconfig b/fs/nfsd/Kconfig
index 4d6e71335bce..45fc2fcb8fe4 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/nfsd/Kconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config NFSD
 	depends on INET
 	depends on FILE_LOCKING
 	depends on FSNOTIFY
+	select CRC32
 	select LOCKD
 	select SUNRPC
 	select EXPORTFS
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.h b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.h
index 42c168ac6b93..5001c134b8eb 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.h
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ static inline bool fh_fsid_match(struct knfsd_fh *fh1, struct knfsd_fh *fh2)
 	return true;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CRC32
 /**
  * knfsd_fh_hash - calculate the crc32 hash for the filehandle
  * @fh - pointer to filehandle
@@ -220,12 +219,6 @@ static inline u32 knfsd_fh_hash(const struct knfsd_fh *fh)
 {
 	return ~crc32_le(0xFFFFFFFF, (unsigned char *)&fh->fh_base, fh->fh_size);
 }
-#else
-static inline u32 knfsd_fh_hash(const struct knfsd_fh *fh)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFSD_V3
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs.h b/include/linux/nfs.h
index a8b62a08e784..5746acd06645 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs.h
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ enum nfs3_stable_how {
 	NFS_INVALID_STABLE_HOW = -1
 };
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CRC32
 /**
  * nfs_fhandle_hash - calculate the crc32 hash for the filehandle
  * @fh - pointer to filehandle
@@ -66,10 +65,4 @@ static inline u32 nfs_fhandle_hash(const struct nfs_fh *fh)
 {
 	return ~crc32_le(0xFFFFFFFF, &fh->data[0], fh->size);
 }
-#else /* CONFIG_CRC32 */
-static inline u32 nfs_fhandle_hash(const struct nfs_fh *fh)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-#endif /* CONFIG_CRC32 */
 #endif /* _LINUX_NFS_H */