diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/uclinux.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/uclinux.c
index c3bb304eca076ffab133b7cd1e6a363a0763dfaa..299bf88a6f4112220c0fda6766878646c5ad0143 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/maps/uclinux.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/uclinux.c
@@ -67,10 +67,16 @@ static int __init uclinux_mtd_init(void)
 	printk("uclinux[mtd]: RAM probe address=0x%x size=0x%x\n",
 	       	(int) mapp->phys, (int) mapp->size);
 
-	mapp->virt = ioremap_nocache(mapp->phys, mapp->size);
+	/*
+	 * The filesystem is guaranteed to be in direct mapped memory. It is
+	 * directly following the kernels own bss region. Following the same
+	 * mechanism used by architectures setting up traditional initrds we
+	 * use phys_to_virt to get the virtual address of its start.
+	 */
+	mapp->virt = phys_to_virt(mapp->phys);
 
 	if (mapp->virt == 0) {
-		printk("uclinux[mtd]: ioremap_nocache() failed\n");
+		printk("uclinux[mtd]: no virtual mapping?\n");
 		return(-EIO);
 	}
 
@@ -79,7 +85,6 @@ static int __init uclinux_mtd_init(void)
 	mtd = do_map_probe("map_ram", mapp);
 	if (!mtd) {
 		printk("uclinux[mtd]: failed to find a mapping?\n");
-		iounmap(mapp->virt);
 		return(-ENXIO);
 	}
 
@@ -102,10 +107,8 @@ static void __exit uclinux_mtd_cleanup(void)
 		map_destroy(uclinux_ram_mtdinfo);
 		uclinux_ram_mtdinfo = NULL;
 	}
-	if (uclinux_ram_map.virt) {
-		iounmap((void *) uclinux_ram_map.virt);
+	if (uclinux_ram_map.virt)
 		uclinux_ram_map.virt = 0;
-	}
 }
 
 /****************************************************************************/