diff --git a/block/partition-generic.c b/block/partition-generic.c
index 564fae77711d..98256e6beabb 100644
--- a/block/partition-generic.c
+++ b/block/partition-generic.c
@@ -57,20 +57,6 @@ const char *bio_devname(struct bio *bio, char *buf)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_devname);
 
-/*
- * There's very little reason to use this, you should really
- * have a struct block_device just about everywhere and use
- * bdevname() instead.
- */
-const char *__bdevname(dev_t dev, char *buffer)
-{
-	scnprintf(buffer, BDEVNAME_SIZE, "unknown-block(%u,%u)",
-				MAJOR(dev), MINOR(dev));
-	return buffer;
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__bdevname);
-
 static ssize_t part_partition_show(struct device *dev,
 				   struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 469f551863be..8238fb64f87f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -2491,12 +2491,12 @@ static int lock_rdev(struct md_rdev *rdev, dev_t dev, int shared)
 {
 	int err = 0;
 	struct block_device *bdev;
-	char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 
 	bdev = blkdev_get_by_dev(dev, FMODE_READ|FMODE_WRITE|FMODE_EXCL,
 				 shared ? (struct md_rdev *)lock_rdev : rdev);
 	if (IS_ERR(bdev)) {
-		pr_warn("md: could not open %s.\n", __bdevname(dev, b));
+		pr_warn("md: could not open device unknown-block(%u,%u).\n",
+			MAJOR(dev), MINOR(dev));
 		return PTR_ERR(bdev);
 	}
 	rdev->bdev = bdev;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 0c7c4adb664e..4cbd1cc34dfa 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -927,7 +927,6 @@ void ext4_update_dynamic_rev(struct super_block *sb)
 static struct block_device *ext4_blkdev_get(dev_t dev, struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct block_device *bdev;
-	char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 
 	bdev = blkdev_get_by_dev(dev, FMODE_READ|FMODE_WRITE|FMODE_EXCL, sb);
 	if (IS_ERR(bdev))
@@ -935,8 +934,9 @@ static struct block_device *ext4_blkdev_get(dev_t dev, struct super_block *sb)
 	return bdev;
 
 fail:
-	ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "failed to open journal device %s: %ld",
-			__bdevname(dev, b), PTR_ERR(bdev));
+	ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
+		 "failed to open journal device unknown-block(%u,%u) %ld",
+		 MAJOR(dev), MINOR(dev), PTR_ERR(bdev));
 	return NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
index 072156c4f895..5c766330e493 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
@@ -2599,7 +2599,6 @@ static int journal_init_dev(struct super_block *super,
 	int result;
 	dev_t jdev;
 	fmode_t blkdev_mode = FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE | FMODE_EXCL;
-	char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 
 	result = 0;
 
@@ -2621,8 +2620,8 @@ static int journal_init_dev(struct super_block *super,
 			result = PTR_ERR(journal->j_dev_bd);
 			journal->j_dev_bd = NULL;
 			reiserfs_warning(super, "sh-458",
-					 "cannot init journal device '%s': %i",
-					 __bdevname(jdev, b), result);
+					 "cannot init journal device unknown-block(%u,%u): %i",
+					 MAJOR(jdev), MINOR(jdev), result);
 			return result;
 		} else if (jdev != super->s_dev)
 			set_blocksize(journal->j_dev_bd, super->s_blocksize);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 3cd4fe6b845e..561b35e3b95b 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2699,7 +2699,6 @@ static inline void unregister_chrdev(unsigned int major, const char *name)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
 #define BLKDEV_MAJOR_MAX	512
-extern const char *__bdevname(dev_t, char *buffer);
 extern const char *bdevname(struct block_device *bdev, char *buffer);
 extern struct block_device *lookup_bdev(const char *);
 extern void blkdev_show(struct seq_file *,off_t);
diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index 0ae9cc22f2ae..29d326b6c29d 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -429,12 +429,10 @@ void __init mount_block_root(char *name, int flags)
 	struct page *page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	char *fs_names = page_address(page);
 	char *p;
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
 	char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
-#else
-	const char *b = name;
-#endif
 
+	scnprintf(b, BDEVNAME_SIZE, "unknown-block(%u,%u)",
+		  MAJOR(ROOT_DEV), MINOR(ROOT_DEV));
 	get_fs_names(fs_names);
 retry:
 	for (p = fs_names; *p; p += strlen(p)+1) {
@@ -451,9 +449,6 @@ void __init mount_block_root(char *name, int flags)
 		 * and bad superblock on root device.
 		 * and give them a list of the available devices
 		 */
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
-		__bdevname(ROOT_DEV, b);
-#endif
 		printk("VFS: Cannot open root device \"%s\" or %s: error %d\n",
 				root_device_name, b, err);
 		printk("Please append a correct \"root=\" boot option; here are the available partitions:\n");
@@ -476,9 +471,6 @@ void __init mount_block_root(char *name, int flags)
 	for (p = fs_names; *p; p += strlen(p)+1)
 		printk(" %s", p);
 	printk("\n");
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
-	__bdevname(ROOT_DEV, b);
-#endif
 	panic("VFS: Unable to mount root fs on %s", b);
 out:
 	put_page(page);