diff --git a/block/bdev.c b/block/bdev.c
index e44a73903201..85ce57bd2ae4 100644
--- a/block/bdev.c
+++ b/block/bdev.c
@@ -446,15 +446,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blockdev_superblock);
 
 void __init bdev_cache_init(void)
 {
-	int err;
-
 	bdev_cachep = kmem_cache_create("bdev_cache", sizeof(struct bdev_inode),
 			0, (SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|
 				SLAB_ACCOUNT|SLAB_PANIC),
 			init_once);
-	err = register_filesystem(&bd_type);
-	if (err)
-		panic("Cannot register bdev pseudo-fs");
 	blockdev_mnt = kern_mount(&bd_type);
 	if (IS_ERR(blockdev_mnt))
 		panic("Cannot create bdev pseudo-fs");