diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index a66f66bb804979a62cf6233473bdeae191884410..848be4fc67a2a608613ff90e0f76dfee7078731b 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -800,17 +800,13 @@ struct super_block *get_sb_single(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_sb_single);
 
 struct vfsmount *
-do_kern_mount(const char *fstype, int flags, const char *name, void *data)
+vfs_kern_mount(struct file_system_type *type, int flags, const char *name, void *data)
 {
-	struct file_system_type *type = get_fs_type(fstype);
 	struct super_block *sb = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	struct vfsmount *mnt;
 	int error;
 	char *secdata = NULL;
 
-	if (!type)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
-
 	mnt = alloc_vfsmnt(name);
 	if (!mnt)
 		goto out;
@@ -841,7 +837,6 @@ do_kern_mount(const char *fstype, int flags, const char *name, void *data)
 	mnt->mnt_parent = mnt;
 	up_write(&sb->s_umount);
 	free_secdata(secdata);
-	put_filesystem(type);
 	return mnt;
 out_sb:
 	up_write(&sb->s_umount);
@@ -852,10 +847,23 @@ do_kern_mount(const char *fstype, int flags, const char *name, void *data)
 out_mnt:
 	free_vfsmnt(mnt);
 out:
-	put_filesystem(type);
 	return (struct vfsmount *)sb;
 }
 
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vfs_kern_mount);
+
+struct vfsmount *
+do_kern_mount(const char *fstype, int flags, const char *name, void *data)
+{
+	struct file_system_type *type = get_fs_type(fstype);
+	struct vfsmount *mnt;
+	if (!type)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+	mnt = vfs_kern_mount(type, flags, name, data);
+	put_filesystem(type);
+	return mnt;
+}
+
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(do_kern_mount);
 
 struct vfsmount *kern_mount(struct file_system_type *type)
diff --git a/include/linux/mount.h b/include/linux/mount.h
index b7472ae91fa4a8396e9eaa9a2bedb6c1af916b64..aff68c3660f5e04c27fbb77297218587650cb341 100644
--- a/include/linux/mount.h
+++ b/include/linux/mount.h
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ extern struct vfsmount *alloc_vfsmnt(const char *name);
 extern struct vfsmount *do_kern_mount(const char *fstype, int flags,
 				      const char *name, void *data);
 
+struct file_system_type;
+extern struct vfsmount *vfs_kern_mount(struct file_system_type *type,
+				      int flags, const char *name,
+				      void *data);
+
 struct nameidata;
 
 extern int do_add_mount(struct vfsmount *newmnt, struct nameidata *nd,