diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 1a1ed2528f47609fd8318450dc75a5b3865a3e58..bb9b7db1c66ca099a643e8cef3ed0f9adba8fc08 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -3390,10 +3390,10 @@ void put_mnt_ns(struct mnt_namespace *ns)
 	free_mnt_ns(ns);
 }
 
-struct vfsmount *kern_mount_data(struct file_system_type *type, void *data)
+struct vfsmount *kern_mount(struct file_system_type *type)
 {
 	struct vfsmount *mnt;
-	mnt = vfs_kern_mount(type, SB_KERNMOUNT, type->name, data);
+	mnt = vfs_kern_mount(type, SB_KERNMOUNT, type->name, NULL);
 	if (!IS_ERR(mnt)) {
 		/*
 		 * it is a longterm mount, don't release mnt until
@@ -3403,7 +3403,7 @@ struct vfsmount *kern_mount_data(struct file_system_type *type, void *data)
 	}
 	return mnt;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kern_mount_data);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kern_mount);
 
 void kern_unmount(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 9d05c128ccf6ab721e7c4631ed8566bc284b6e20..3e85cb8e8c20b98d76eddc0590e9eff8c8e7c8e3 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2280,8 +2280,7 @@ mount_pseudo(struct file_system_type *fs_type, char *name,
 
 extern int register_filesystem(struct file_system_type *);
 extern int unregister_filesystem(struct file_system_type *);
-extern struct vfsmount *kern_mount_data(struct file_system_type *, void *data);
-#define kern_mount(type) kern_mount_data(type, NULL)
+extern struct vfsmount *kern_mount(struct file_system_type *);
 extern void kern_unmount(struct vfsmount *mnt);
 extern int may_umount_tree(struct vfsmount *);
 extern int may_umount(struct vfsmount *);