diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 25845d1b300b33..da5c4948343061 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
 #include <linux/acct.h>		/* acct_auto_close_mnt */
-#include <linux/ramfs.h>	/* init_rootfs */
+#include <linux/init.h>		/* init_rootfs */
 #include <linux/fs_struct.h>	/* get_fs_root et.al. */
 #include <linux/fsnotify.h>	/* fsnotify_vfsmount_delete */
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
diff --git a/fs/ramfs/inode.c b/fs/ramfs/inode.c
index fb99863598be23..39d14659a8d3e4 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ramfs/inode.c
@@ -244,17 +244,6 @@ struct dentry *ramfs_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 	return mount_nodev(fs_type, flags, data, ramfs_fill_super);
 }
 
-static struct dentry *rootfs_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
-	int flags, const char *dev_name, void *data)
-{
-	static unsigned long once;
-
-	if (test_and_set_bit(0, &once))
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
-
-	return mount_nodev(fs_type, flags, data, ramfs_fill_super);
-}
-
 static void ramfs_kill_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	kfree(sb->s_fs_info);
@@ -267,13 +256,8 @@ static struct file_system_type ramfs_fs_type = {
 	.kill_sb	= ramfs_kill_sb,
 	.fs_flags	= FS_USERNS_MOUNT,
 };
-static struct file_system_type rootfs_fs_type = {
-	.name		= "rootfs",
-	.mount		= rootfs_mount,
-	.kill_sb	= kill_litter_super,
-};
 
-static int __init init_ramfs_fs(void)
+int __init init_ramfs_fs(void)
 {
 	static unsigned long once;
 	int err;
@@ -292,17 +276,3 @@ static int __init init_ramfs_fs(void)
 	return err;
 }
 module_init(init_ramfs_fs)
-
-int __init init_rootfs(void)
-{
-	int err = register_filesystem(&rootfs_fs_type);
-
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-
-	err = init_ramfs_fs();
-	if (err)
-		unregister_filesystem(&rootfs_fs_type);
-
-	return err;
-}
diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
index e73f2b708525d0..f1c27a71d03c9e 100644
--- a/include/linux/init.h
+++ b/include/linux/init.h
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ extern unsigned int reset_devices;
 void setup_arch(char **);
 void prepare_namespace(void);
 void __init load_default_modules(void);
+int __init init_rootfs(void);
 
 extern void (*late_time_init)(void);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/ramfs.h b/include/linux/ramfs.h
index 69e37c2d1ea556..753207c8ce204f 100644
--- a/include/linux/ramfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ramfs.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ extern int ramfs_nommu_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 
 extern const struct file_operations ramfs_file_operations;
 extern const struct vm_operations_struct generic_file_vm_ops;
-extern int __init init_rootfs(void);
+extern int __init init_ramfs_fs(void);
 
 int ramfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent);
 
diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index 816014c4627ee2..5d8d48fd0ee4cd 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/async.h>
 #include <linux/fs_struct.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/ramfs.h>
 
 #include <linux/nfs_fs.h>
 #include <linux/nfs_fs_sb.h>
@@ -588,3 +589,34 @@ void __init prepare_namespace(void)
 	sys_mount(".", "/", NULL, MS_MOVE, NULL);
 	sys_chroot(".");
 }
+
+static struct dentry *rootfs_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
+	int flags, const char *dev_name, void *data)
+{
+	static unsigned long once;
+
+	if (test_and_set_bit(0, &once))
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+
+	return mount_nodev(fs_type, flags, data, ramfs_fill_super);
+}
+
+static struct file_system_type rootfs_fs_type = {
+	.name		= "rootfs",
+	.mount		= rootfs_mount,
+	.kill_sb	= kill_litter_super,
+};
+
+int __init init_rootfs(void)
+{
+	int err = register_filesystem(&rootfs_fs_type);
+
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	err = init_ramfs_fs();
+	if (err)
+		unregister_filesystem(&rootfs_fs_type);
+
+	return err;
+}