diff --git a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c
index fca899622937..7cea802d00ef 100644
--- a/init/initramfs.c
+++ b/init/initramfs.c
@@ -550,7 +550,6 @@ skip:
 	initrd_end = 0;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM
 #define BUF_SIZE 1024
 static void __init clean_rootfs(void)
 {
@@ -597,7 +596,6 @@ static void __init clean_rootfs(void)
 	ksys_close(fd);
 	kfree(buf);
 }
-#endif
 
 static int __init populate_rootfs(void)
 {
@@ -640,8 +638,10 @@ static int __init populate_rootfs(void)
 		printk(KERN_INFO "Unpacking initramfs...\n");
 		err = unpack_to_rootfs((char *)initrd_start,
 			initrd_end - initrd_start);
-		if (err)
+		if (err) {
 			printk(KERN_EMERG "Initramfs unpacking failed: %s\n", err);
+			clean_rootfs();
+		}
 		free_initrd();
 #endif
 	}