diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d0924f4f6b5a..0594d85da6ab 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 73c619ea0e49c9306afa7ea53c3362fbc56ffd70
+refs/heads/master: e9482b4374e2596e6f3f1ab30c4ea469f4ac6311
diff --git a/trunk/init/do_mounts.c b/trunk/init/do_mounts.c
index f4b7b9d278cd..21b3b8f33a72 100644
--- a/trunk/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/trunk/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -409,6 +409,10 @@ void __init prepare_namespace(void)
 
 	if (saved_root_name[0]) {
 		root_device_name = saved_root_name;
+		if (!strncmp(root_device_name, "mtd", 3)) {
+			mount_block_root(root_device_name, root_mountflags);
+			goto out;
+		}
 		ROOT_DEV = name_to_dev_t(root_device_name);
 		if (strncmp(root_device_name, "/dev/", 5) == 0)
 			root_device_name += 5;