diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 2fd0c8bcb8c1..be601d3a8008 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -3325,8 +3325,8 @@ struct dentry *mount_subtree(struct vfsmount *m, const char *name)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mount_subtree);
 
-int ksys_mount(const char __user *dev_name, const char __user *dir_name,
-	       const char __user *type, unsigned long flags, void __user *data)
+SYSCALL_DEFINE5(mount, char __user *, dev_name, char __user *, dir_name,
+		char __user *, type, unsigned long, flags, void __user *, data)
 {
 	int ret;
 	char *kernel_type;
@@ -3359,12 +3359,6 @@ int ksys_mount(const char __user *dev_name, const char __user *dir_name,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-SYSCALL_DEFINE5(mount, char __user *, dev_name, char __user *, dir_name,
-		char __user *, type, unsigned long, flags, void __user *, data)
-{
-	return ksys_mount(dev_name, dir_name, type, flags, data);
-}
-
 /*
  * Create a kernel mount representation for a new, prepared superblock
  * (specified by fs_fd) and attach to an open_tree-like file descriptor.
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index d0391cc2dae9..5262b7a76d39 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -1231,8 +1231,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_ni_syscall(void);
  * the ksys_xyzyyz() functions prototyped below.
  */
 
-int ksys_mount(const char __user *dev_name, const char __user *dir_name,
-	       const char __user *type, unsigned long flags, void __user *data);
 int ksys_umount(char __user *name, int flags);
 int ksys_dup(unsigned int fildes);
 int ksys_chroot(const char __user *filename);
diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index 43f6d098c880..f55cbd9cb818 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -387,12 +387,25 @@ static void __init get_fs_names(char *page)
 	*s = '\0';
 }
 
-static int __init do_mount_root(char *name, char *fs, int flags, void *data)
+static int __init do_mount_root(const char *name, const char *fs,
+				 const int flags, const void *data)
 {
 	struct super_block *s;
-	int err = ksys_mount(name, "/root", fs, flags, data);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
+	char *data_page;
+	struct page *p;
+	int ret;
+
+	/* do_mount() requires a full page as fifth argument */
+	p = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!p)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	data_page = page_address(p);
+	strncpy(data_page, data, PAGE_SIZE - 1);
+
+	ret = do_mount(name, "/root", fs, flags, data_page);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
 
 	ksys_chdir("/root");
 	s = current->fs->pwd.dentry->d_sb;
@@ -402,7 +415,10 @@ static int __init do_mount_root(char *name, char *fs, int flags, void *data)
 	       s->s_type->name,
 	       sb_rdonly(s) ? " readonly" : "",
 	       MAJOR(ROOT_DEV), MINOR(ROOT_DEV));
-	return 0;
+
+out:
+	put_page(p);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 void __init mount_block_root(char *name, int flags)
@@ -671,7 +687,7 @@ void __init prepare_namespace(void)
 	mount_root();
 out:
 	devtmpfs_mount();
-	ksys_mount(".", "/", NULL, MS_MOVE, NULL);
+	do_mount(".", "/", NULL, MS_MOVE, NULL);
 	ksys_chroot(".");
 }