diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 07daa7972591..860752998fb3 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1411,7 +1411,7 @@ long do_mount(char *dev_name, char *dir_name, char *type_page,
 		mnt_flags |= MNT_RELATIME;
 
 	flags &= ~(MS_NOSUID | MS_NOEXEC | MS_NODEV | MS_ACTIVE |
-		   MS_NOATIME | MS_NODIRATIME | MS_RELATIME);
+		   MS_NOATIME | MS_NODIRATIME | MS_RELATIME| MS_KERNMOUNT);
 
 	/* ... and get the mountpoint */
 	retval = path_lookup(dir_name, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &nd);
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index feaae7eeaffd..d28fde7e1cfb 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -944,9 +944,9 @@ do_kern_mount(const char *fstype, int flags, const char *name, void *data)
 	return mnt;
 }
 
-struct vfsmount *kern_mount(struct file_system_type *type)
+struct vfsmount *kern_mount_data(struct file_system_type *type, void *data)
 {
-	return vfs_kern_mount(type, 0, type->name, NULL);
+	return vfs_kern_mount(type, MS_KERNMOUNT, type->name, data);
 }
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kern_mount);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kern_mount_data);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 3efff12049c6..1657e995f72c 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ extern int dir_notify_enable;
 #define MS_SLAVE	(1<<19)	/* change to slave */
 #define MS_SHARED	(1<<20)	/* change to shared */
 #define MS_RELATIME	(1<<21)	/* Update atime relative to mtime/ctime. */
+#define MS_KERNMOUNT	(1<<22) /* this is a kern_mount call */
 #define MS_ACTIVE	(1<<30)
 #define MS_NOUSER	(1<<31)
 
@@ -1459,7 +1460,8 @@ void unnamed_dev_init(void);
 
 extern int register_filesystem(struct file_system_type *);
 extern int unregister_filesystem(struct file_system_type *);
-extern struct vfsmount *kern_mount(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 int may_umount_tree(struct vfsmount *);
 extern int may_umount(struct vfsmount *);
 extern void umount_tree(struct vfsmount *, int, struct list_head *);