Index: head/sys/kern/imgact_elf.c
===================================================================
--- head/sys/kern/imgact_elf.c
+++ head/sys/kern/imgact_elf.c
@@ -1902,11 +1902,6 @@
 CTASSERT(sizeof(struct kinfo_file) == KINFO_FILE_SIZE);
 #endif
 
-static int pack_fileinfo = 1;
-SYSCTL_INT(_kern, OID_AUTO, coredump_pack_fileinfo, CTLFLAG_RWTUN,
-    &pack_fileinfo, 0,
-    "Enable file path packing in 'procstat -f' coredump notes");
-
 static void
 note_procstat_files(void *arg, struct sbuf *sb, size_t *sizep)
 {
@@ -1915,7 +1910,7 @@
 	ssize_t start_len, sect_len;
 	int structsize, filedesc_flags;
 
-	if (pack_fileinfo)
+	if (coredump_pack_fileinfo)
 		filedesc_flags = KERN_FILEDESC_PACK_KINFO;
 	else
 		filedesc_flags = 0;
Index: head/sys/kern/kern_exec.c
===================================================================
--- head/sys/kern/kern_exec.c
+++ head/sys/kern/kern_exec.c
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@
 
 MALLOC_DEFINE(M_PARGS, "proc-args", "Process arguments");
 
+int coredump_pack_fileinfo = 1;
+SYSCTL_INT(_kern, OID_AUTO, coredump_pack_fileinfo, CTLFLAG_RWTUN,
+    &coredump_pack_fileinfo, 0,
+    "Enable file path packing in 'procstat -f' coredump notes");
+
 static int sysctl_kern_ps_strings(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS);
 static int sysctl_kern_usrstack(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS);
 static int sysctl_kern_stackprot(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS);
Index: head/sys/sys/exec.h
===================================================================
--- head/sys/sys/exec.h
+++ head/sys/sys/exec.h
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@
 int exec_register(const struct execsw *);
 int exec_unregister(const struct execsw *);
 
+extern int coredump_pack_fileinfo;
+
 /*
  * note: name##_mod cannot be const storage because the
  * linker_file_sysinit() function modifies _file in the