diff --git a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
index 614241b5200cf906c066288ac15a42df835490ce..2b108538d0d95684be2048fcc80a7acf484970c4 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
@@ -30,11 +30,7 @@ static int __init do_linuxrc(void * shell)
 	extern char * envp_init[];
 
 	sys_close(old_fd);sys_close(root_fd);
-	sys_close(0);sys_close(1);sys_close(2);
 	sys_setsid();
-	(void) sys_open("/dev/console",O_RDWR,0);
-	(void) sys_dup(0);
-	(void) sys_dup(0);
 	return kernel_execve(shell, argv, envp_init);
 }
 
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 4cb47a159f028fa48a114efbf74cf79a9d828883..106e02d7ffa5a9709843f8aa39133dad8e828d8f 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -806,11 +806,6 @@ static noinline int init_post(void)
 	system_state = SYSTEM_RUNNING;
 	numa_default_policy();
 
-	if (sys_open((const char __user *) "/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0) < 0)
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "Warning: unable to open an initial console.\n");
-
-	(void) sys_dup(0);
-	(void) sys_dup(0);
 
 	current->signal->flags |= SIGNAL_UNKILLABLE;
 
@@ -873,6 +868,12 @@ static int __init kernel_init(void * unused)
 
 	do_basic_setup();
 
+	/* Open the /dev/console on the rootfs, this should never fail */
+	if (sys_open((const char __user *) "/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0) < 0)
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "Warning: unable to open an initial console.\n");
+
+	(void) sys_dup(0);
+	(void) sys_dup(0);
 	/*
 	 * check if there is an early userspace init.  If yes, let it do all
 	 * the work