diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index 5d8d48fd0ee4cd792ae5accbad76d5804831511c..e27908b949d48cb2a208837e7eafbe11c7b00fc8 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/fs_struct.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/ramfs.h>
+#include <linux/shmem_fs.h>
 
 #include <linux/nfs_fs.h>
 #include <linux/nfs_fs_sb.h>
@@ -598,7 +599,8 @@ static struct dentry *rootfs_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 	if (test_and_set_bit(0, &once))
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 
-	return mount_nodev(fs_type, flags, data, ramfs_fill_super);
+	return mount_nodev(fs_type, flags, data,
+		IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TMPFS) ? shmem_fill_super : ramfs_fill_super);
 }
 
 static struct file_system_type rootfs_fs_type = {
@@ -614,7 +616,11 @@ int __init init_rootfs(void)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	err = init_ramfs_fs();
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TMPFS))
+		err = shmem_init();
+	else
+		err = init_ramfs_fs();
+
 	if (err)
 		unregister_filesystem(&rootfs_fs_type);
 
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index a1b8bf4391c27739b009e63b0c6105361edcebe8..8297623fcaedec21b37b5080d376967e673afe92 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2819,6 +2819,10 @@ int __init shmem_init(void)
 {
 	int error;
 
+	/* If rootfs called this, don't re-init */
+	if (shmem_inode_cachep)
+		return 0;
+
 	error = bdi_init(&shmem_backing_dev_info);
 	if (error)
 		goto out4;