diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index 1b02be734cccf51703efbcdd01d4cf5602311314..4e11a9aaf14ab82288e136937de1ec62559c7ac7 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ static char __initdata saved_root_name[64];
 /* this is initialized in init/main.c */
 dev_t ROOT_DEV;
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(ROOT_DEV);
-
 static int __init load_ramdisk(char *str)
 {
 	rd_doload = simple_strtol(str,NULL,0) & 3;