diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index 58ab4df5644..3323379fdb3 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -215,24 +215,7 @@ source "fs/ubifs/Kconfig"
 source "fs/cramfs/Kconfig"
 source "fs/squashfs/Kconfig"
 source "fs/freevxfs/Kconfig"
-
-config MINIX_FS
-	tristate "Minix file system support"
-	depends on BLOCK
-	help
-	  Minix is a simple operating system used in many classes about OS's.
-	  The minix file system (method to organize files on a hard disk
-	  partition or a floppy disk) was the original file system for Linux,
-	  but has been superseded by the second extended file system ext2fs.
-	  You don't want to use the minix file system on your hard disk
-	  because of certain built-in restrictions, but it is sometimes found
-	  on older Linux floppy disks.  This option will enlarge your kernel
-	  by about 28 KB. If unsure, say N.
-
-	  To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
-	  module will be called minix.  Note that the file system of your root
-	  partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot be compiled as
-	  a module.
+source "fs/minix/Kconfig"
 
 config OMFS_FS
 	tristate "SonicBlue Optimized MPEG File System support"
diff --git a/fs/minix/Kconfig b/fs/minix/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0fd7ca99426
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/minix/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+config MINIX_FS
+	tristate "Minix file system support"
+	depends on BLOCK
+	help
+	  Minix is a simple operating system used in many classes about OS's.
+	  The minix file system (method to organize files on a hard disk
+	  partition or a floppy disk) was the original file system for Linux,
+	  but has been superseded by the second extended file system ext2fs.
+	  You don't want to use the minix file system on your hard disk
+	  because of certain built-in restrictions, but it is sometimes found
+	  on older Linux floppy disks.  This option will enlarge your kernel
+	  by about 28 KB. If unsure, say N.
+
+	  To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
+	  module will be called minix.  Note that the file system of your root
+	  partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot be compiled as
+	  a module.