diff --git a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
index 4def882d0b317f8fa59188875c3efa0c18875c2f..a05cabd0fd10420a20c6192b989cb8dd23629346 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
@@ -86,7 +86,10 @@ static void __init handle_initrd(void)
 		printk("okay\n");
 	else {
 		int fd = sys_open("/dev/root.old", O_RDWR, 0);
-		printk("failed\n");
+		if (error == -ENOENT)
+			printk("/initrd does not exist. Ignored.\n");
+		else
+			printk("failed\n");
 		printk(KERN_NOTICE "Unmounting old root\n");
 		sys_umount("/old", MNT_DETACH);
 		printk(KERN_NOTICE "Trying to free ramdisk memory ... ");