diff --git a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
index aaf5f416deb85be5a80ce04a61176b73efec541c..7aec727bb812956fd726b78a57bdb0c99f4a03c3 100644
--- a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
+++ b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ static int handle_remove(const char *nodename, struct device *dev)
  * If configured, or requested by the commandline, devtmpfs will be
  * auto-mounted after the kernel mounted the root filesystem.
  */
-int devtmpfs_mount(const char *mntdir)
+int devtmpfs_mount(void)
 {
 	int err;
 
@@ -372,8 +372,7 @@ int devtmpfs_mount(const char *mntdir)
 	if (!thread)
 		return 0;
 
-	err = ksys_mount("devtmpfs", (char *)mntdir, "devtmpfs", MS_SILENT,
-			 NULL);
+	err = do_mount("devtmpfs", "dev", "devtmpfs", MS_SILENT, NULL);
 	if (err)
 		printk(KERN_INFO "devtmpfs: error mounting %i\n", err);
 	else
@@ -398,7 +397,7 @@ static int devtmpfsd(void *p)
 	*err = ksys_unshare(CLONE_NEWNS);
 	if (*err)
 		goto out;
-	*err = ksys_mount("devtmpfs", "/", "devtmpfs", MS_SILENT, NULL);
+	*err = do_mount("devtmpfs", "/", "devtmpfs", MS_SILENT, NULL);
 	if (*err)
 		goto out;
 	ksys_chdir("/.."); /* will traverse into overmounted root */
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 48f675938c345761e1646f2386d56973cb8317b7..fb9746b62f82d82220b19434cff3c0e8ec726d4f 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -3165,8 +3165,8 @@ struct dentry *mount_subtree(struct vfsmount *m, const char *name)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mount_subtree);
 
-int ksys_mount(char __user *dev_name, char __user *dir_name, 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;
@@ -3199,12 +3199,6 @@ int ksys_mount(char __user *dev_name, char __user *dir_name, char __user *type,
 	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);
-}
-
 /*
  * Move a mount from one place to another.
  * In combination with open_tree(OPEN_TREE_CLONE [| AT_RECURSIVE]) it can be
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index c86a40f6b7451421cfe2c8d01340bebe71fb33c5..9e4678fd99b28b017c32a3a70d74bda1082b095c 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -1340,11 +1340,11 @@ extern bool kill_device(struct device *dev);
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEVTMPFS
 extern int devtmpfs_create_node(struct device *dev);
 extern int devtmpfs_delete_node(struct device *dev);
-extern int devtmpfs_mount(const char *mntdir);
+extern int devtmpfs_mount(void);
 #else
 static inline int devtmpfs_create_node(struct device *dev) { return 0; }
 static inline int devtmpfs_delete_node(struct device *dev) { return 0; }
-static inline int devtmpfs_mount(const char *mountpoint) { return 0; }
+static inline int devtmpfs_mount(void) { return 0; }
 #endif
 
 /* drivers/base/power/shutdown.c */
diff --git a/include/linux/initrd.h b/include/linux/initrd.h
index 84b423044088728feeccd7d1e468ac747f91cede..02625c850b7658d6f9713726ec3050ef14965a00 100644
--- a/include/linux/initrd.h
+++ b/include/linux/initrd.h
@@ -22,3 +22,5 @@ extern unsigned long initrd_start, initrd_end;
 extern void free_initrd_mem(unsigned long, unsigned long);
 
 extern unsigned int real_root_dev;
+
+void console_on_rootfs(void);
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index ca6fa5e07866f960e35b479278dc297e90a2c592..a26f74036855523b08329e6611db88f9728200e5 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -1142,8 +1142,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_ni_syscall(void);
  * the ksys_xyzyyz() functions prototyped below.
  */
 
-int ksys_mount(char __user *dev_name, char __user *dir_name, 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 e1c9afa9d8c9103fa1463a45a425c9468e4c1628..16a567f6862d53966d361638df85a37457775161 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -350,12 +350,25 @@ 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;
@@ -365,7 +378,10 @@ 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)
@@ -588,8 +604,8 @@ void __init prepare_namespace(void)
 
 	mount_root();
 out:
-	devtmpfs_mount("dev");
-	ksys_mount(".", "/", NULL, MS_MOVE, NULL);
+	devtmpfs_mount();
+	do_mount(".", "/", NULL, MS_MOVE, NULL);
 	ksys_chroot(".");
 }
 
diff --git a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
index d1a5d885ce13eb566667b5d32de782c6c4694944..68ab321cf9ab674569715f3e88506f6724b17308 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
@@ -27,13 +27,10 @@ __setup("noinitrd", no_initrd);
 static int init_linuxrc(struct subprocess_info *info, struct cred *new)
 {
 	ksys_unshare(CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES);
-	/* stdin/stdout/stderr for /linuxrc */
-	ksys_open("/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0);
-	ksys_dup(0);
-	ksys_dup(0);
+	console_on_rootfs();
 	/* move initrd over / and chdir/chroot in initrd root */
 	ksys_chdir("/root");
-	ksys_mount(".", "/", NULL, MS_MOVE, NULL);
+	do_mount(".", "/", NULL, MS_MOVE, NULL);
 	ksys_chroot(".");
 	ksys_setsid();
 	return 0;
@@ -71,7 +68,7 @@ static void __init handle_initrd(void)
 	current->flags &= ~PF_FREEZER_SKIP;
 
 	/* move initrd to rootfs' /old */
-	ksys_mount("..", ".", NULL, MS_MOVE, NULL);
+	do_mount("..", ".", NULL, MS_MOVE, NULL);
 	/* switch root and cwd back to / of rootfs */
 	ksys_chroot("..");
 
@@ -85,7 +82,7 @@ static void __init handle_initrd(void)
 	mount_root();
 
 	printk(KERN_NOTICE "Trying to move old root to /initrd ... ");
-	error = ksys_mount("/old", "/root/initrd", NULL, MS_MOVE, NULL);
+	error = do_mount("/old", "/root/initrd", NULL, MS_MOVE, NULL);
 	if (!error)
 		printk("okay\n");
 	else {
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index c11aed805ef58cbcadf07ec643b7d80623e28679..35a42c105eb960c5db99128692051d47c1e95b94 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -1116,6 +1116,17 @@ static int __ref kernel_init(void *unused)
 	      "See Linux Documentation/admin-guide/init.rst for guidance.");
 }
 
+void console_on_rootfs(void)
+{
+	/* Open the /dev/console as stdin, this should never fail */
+	if (ksys_open((const char __user *) "/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0) < 0)
+		pr_err("Warning: unable to open an initial console.\n");
+
+	/* create stdout/stderr */
+	(void) ksys_dup(0);
+	(void) ksys_dup(0);
+}
+
 static noinline void __init kernel_init_freeable(void)
 {
 	/*
@@ -1152,12 +1163,8 @@ static noinline void __init kernel_init_freeable(void)
 
 	lockup_detector_init();
 
-	/* Open the /dev/console on the rootfs, this should never fail */
-	if (ksys_open((const char __user *) "/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0) < 0)
-		pr_err("Warning: unable to open an initial console.\n");
+	console_on_rootfs();
 
-	(void) ksys_dup(0);
-	(void) ksys_dup(0);
 	/*
 	 * check if there is an early userspace init.  If yes, let it do all
 	 * the work