diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 642b8b2299443da0738a202b78cfc921e274928e..e398f32d754103bf76550e84d76d215647be9d38 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1680,7 +1680,7 @@ static inline bool may_mandlock(void)
  * unixes. Our API is identical to OSF/1 to avoid making a mess of AMD
  */
 
-SYSCALL_DEFINE2(umount, char __user *, name, int, flags)
+int ksys_umount(char __user *name, int flags)
 {
 	struct path path;
 	struct mount *mnt;
@@ -1720,6 +1720,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(umount, char __user *, name, int, flags)
 	return retval;
 }
 
+SYSCALL_DEFINE2(umount, char __user *, name, int, flags)
+{
+	return ksys_umount(name, flags);
+}
+
 #ifdef __ARCH_WANT_SYS_OLDUMOUNT
 
 /*
@@ -1727,7 +1732,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(umount, char __user *, name, int, flags)
  */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(oldumount, char __user *, name)
 {
-	return sys_umount(name, 0);
+	return ksys_umount(name, 0);
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 3a9f9c534624b9eb644071c7b75240859322168d..48964c408c7bca578c71ce6512cf3f246b1850e3 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -948,5 +948,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_statx(int dfd, const char __user *path, unsigned flags,
 
 int ksys_mount(char __user *dev_name, char __user *dir_name, char __user *type,
 	       unsigned long flags, void __user *data);
+int ksys_umount(char __user *name, int flags);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
index 7868a6039fb4519c8a3dc175d7f8454113e2fc01..1c4da835333232a04c033a0056311860d151b5ba 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static void __init handle_initrd(void)
 		else
 			printk("failed\n");
 		printk(KERN_NOTICE "Unmounting old root\n");
-		sys_umount("/old", MNT_DETACH);
+		ksys_umount("/old", MNT_DETACH);
 		printk(KERN_NOTICE "Trying to free ramdisk memory ... ");
 		if (fd < 0) {
 			error = fd;