diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index 703a1cea0fc0..7104e3eb38eb 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ 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 14a72224b657..899e25e9b4eb 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
@@ -194,7 +195,6 @@ config NFS_USE_KERNEL_DNS
 config NFS_DEBUG
 	bool
 	depends on NFS_FS && SUNRPC_DEBUG
-	select CRC32
 	default y
 
 config NFS_DISABLE_UDP_SUPPORT
diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index d511d66bd8a3..ece517ebcca0 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -826,18 +826,11 @@ u64 nfs_timespec_to_change_attr(const struct timespec64 *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 351616c61df5..f9c291e2165c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4session.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4session.h
@@ -148,16 +148,12 @@ 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 7c441f2bd444..4f704f868d9c 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 513e028b0bbe..40aee06ebd95 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.h
@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ static inline bool fh_fsid_match(const struct knfsd_fh *fh1,
 	return true;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CRC32
 /**
  * knfsd_fh_hash - calculate the crc32 hash for the filehandle
  * @fh - pointer to filehandle
@@ -275,12 +274,6 @@ static inline u32 knfsd_fh_hash(const struct knfsd_fh *fh)
 {
 	return ~crc32_le(0xFFFFFFFF, fh->fh_raw, fh->fh_size);
 }
-#else
-static inline u32 knfsd_fh_hash(const struct knfsd_fh *fh)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-#endif
 
 /**
  * fh_clear_pre_post_attrs - Reset pre/post attributes
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs.h b/include/linux/nfs.h
index ceb70a926b95..095a95c1fae8 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs.h
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ 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
@@ -58,10 +57,4 @@ 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 */