diff --git a/fs/ramfs/inode.c b/fs/ramfs/inode.c
index 11201b2..733c6b4 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ramfs/inode.c
@@ -266,12 +266,8 @@ static struct file_system_type ramfs_fs_type = {
 	.fs_flags	= FS_USERNS_MOUNT,
 };
 
-int __init init_ramfs_fs(void)
+static int __init init_ramfs_fs(void)
 {
-	static unsigned long once;
-
-	if (test_and_set_bit(0, &once))
-		return 0;
 	return register_filesystem(&ramfs_fs_type);
 }
 fs_initcall(init_ramfs_fs);
diff --git a/include/linux/ramfs.h b/include/linux/ramfs.h
index 5ef7d54..ee582bd 100644
--- a/include/linux/ramfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ramfs.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ extern int ramfs_nommu_expand_for_mapping(struct inode *inode, size_t newsize);
 
 extern const struct file_operations ramfs_file_operations;
 extern const struct vm_operations_struct generic_file_vm_ops;
-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 f8c230c7..c170d8b 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -658,8 +658,6 @@ int __init init_rootfs(void)
 		(!root_fs_names || strstr(root_fs_names, "tmpfs"))) {
 		err = shmem_init();
 		is_tmpfs = true;
-	} else {
-		err = init_ramfs_fs();
 	}
 
 	if (err)