diff --git a/fs/readdir.c b/fs/readdir.c
index 1b83b0ad183b..d97f548e6323 100644
--- a/fs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/readdir.c
@@ -292,8 +292,8 @@ efault:
 	return -EFAULT;
 }
 
-SYSCALL_DEFINE3(getdents64, unsigned int, fd,
-		struct linux_dirent64 __user *, dirent, unsigned int, count)
+int ksys_getdents64(unsigned int fd, struct linux_dirent64 __user *dirent,
+		    unsigned int count)
 {
 	struct fd f;
 	struct linux_dirent64 __user * lastdirent;
@@ -326,6 +326,13 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(getdents64, unsigned int, fd,
 	return error;
 }
 
+
+SYSCALL_DEFINE3(getdents64, unsigned int, fd,
+		struct linux_dirent64 __user *, dirent, unsigned int, count)
+{
+	return ksys_getdents64(fd, dirent, count);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 struct compat_old_linux_dirent {
 	compat_ulong_t	d_ino;
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index f9df17dcec1c..c056aff6d7ad 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -955,6 +955,8 @@ ssize_t ksys_write(unsigned int fd, const char __user *buf, size_t count);
 int ksys_chdir(const char __user *filename);
 int ksys_fchmod(unsigned int fd, umode_t mode);
 int ksys_fchown(unsigned int fd, uid_t user, gid_t group);
+int ksys_getdents64(unsigned int fd, struct linux_dirent64 __user *dirent,
+		    unsigned int count);
 
 /*
  * The following kernel syscall equivalents are just wrappers to fs-internal
diff --git a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c
index 5f2ff1d2370e..13643c46ebab 100644
--- a/init/initramfs.c
+++ b/init/initramfs.c
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ static void __init clean_rootfs(void)
 	}
 
 	dirp = buf;
-	num = sys_getdents64(fd, dirp, BUF_SIZE);
+	num = ksys_getdents64(fd, dirp, BUF_SIZE);
 	while (num > 0) {
 		while (num > 0) {
 			struct kstat st;
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ static void __init clean_rootfs(void)
 		}
 		dirp = buf;
 		memset(buf, 0, BUF_SIZE);
-		num = sys_getdents64(fd, dirp, BUF_SIZE);
+		num = ksys_getdents64(fd, dirp, BUF_SIZE);
 	}
 
 	ksys_close(fd);