diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_mib.c b/sys/kern/kern_mib.c
index 36cc4b088b57..c84d4b28913c 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_mib.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_mib.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ SYSCTL_INT(_kern, KERN_OSREV, osrevision, CTLFLAG_RD|CTLFLAG_CAPRD,
 SYSCTL_STRING(_kern, KERN_VERSION, version, CTLFLAG_RD|CTLFLAG_MPSAFE,
     version, 0, "Kernel version");
 
-SYSCTL_STRING(_kern, KERN_VERSION, compiler_version, CTLFLAG_RD|CTLFLAG_MPSAFE,
+SYSCTL_STRING(_kern, OID_AUTO, compiler_version, CTLFLAG_RD|CTLFLAG_MPSAFE,
     compiler_version, 0, "Version of compiler used to compile kernel");
 
 SYSCTL_STRING(_kern, KERN_OSTYPE, ostype, CTLFLAG_RD|CTLFLAG_MPSAFE|
diff --git a/sys/sys/systm.h b/sys/sys/systm.h
index 3b1e8def5093..dd96d70e8314 100644
--- a/sys/sys/systm.h
+++ b/sys/sys/systm.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ extern int cold;		/* nonzero if we are doing a cold boot */
 extern int rebooting;		/* kern_reboot() has been called. */
 extern const char *panicstr;	/* panic message */
 extern char version[];		/* system version */
-extern char compiler_version[];	/* system version */
+extern char compiler_version[];	/* compiler version */
 extern char copyright[];	/* system copyright */
 extern int kstack_pages;	/* number of kernel stack pages */