diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/system/sysctl.py b/lib/ansible/modules/system/sysctl.py
index 43312b0922..b74193c5d4 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/system/sysctl.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/system/sysctl.py
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 import os
 import tempfile
 import re
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import get_platform, AnsibleModule
 
 class SysctlModule(object):
 
@@ -382,6 +383,5 @@ def main():
     module.exit_json(changed=result.changed)
 
 # import module snippets
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()