diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index 2fe7901b5bcfafa82fa29451af5e5833db2fd93d..a2c0baace0992c85bd4a8e868f4a231d82e52e6d 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ static int __init do_mount_root(const char *name, const char *fs,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-void __init mount_block_root(char *name, int flags)
+void __init mount_root_generic(char *name, int flags)
 {
 	struct page *page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	char *fs_names = page_address(page);
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ void __init mount_root(void)
 
 		if (err < 0)
 			pr_emerg("Failed to create /dev/root: %d\n", err);
-		mount_block_root("/dev/root", root_mountflags);
+		mount_root_generic("/dev/root", root_mountflags);
 	}
 #endif
 }
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ void __init prepare_namespace(void)
 		root_device_name = saved_root_name;
 		if (!strncmp(root_device_name, "mtd", 3) ||
 		    !strncmp(root_device_name, "ubi", 3)) {
-			mount_block_root(root_device_name, root_mountflags);
+			mount_root_generic(root_device_name, root_mountflags);
 			goto out;
 		}
 		ROOT_DEV = name_to_dev_t(root_device_name);
diff --git a/init/do_mounts.h b/init/do_mounts.h
index 7a29ac3e427baba4650bd7ac7f1749f937aa59c6..33623025f6951aeca1ee8d7ced14bab05f5364bb 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.h
+++ b/init/do_mounts.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/root_dev.h>
 #include <linux/init_syscalls.h>
 
-void  mount_block_root(char *name, int flags);
+void  mount_root_generic(char *name, int flags);
 void  mount_root(void);
 extern int root_mountflags;
 
diff --git a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
index 34731241377d3097826799bd4464bfc91245d340..686d1ff3af4bb1c43b017c520a5dec667ab66751 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static void __init handle_initrd(void)
 	real_root_dev = new_encode_dev(ROOT_DEV);
 	create_dev("/dev/root.old", Root_RAM0);
 	/* mount initrd on rootfs' /root */
-	mount_block_root("/dev/root.old", root_mountflags & ~MS_RDONLY);
+	mount_root_generic("/dev/root.old", root_mountflags & ~MS_RDONLY);
 	init_mkdir("/old", 0700);
 	init_chdir("/old");