diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 69a5b6fbee2b..afe74dda632b 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include <linux/uio.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/log2.h>
-#include <linux/kmemleak.h>
 #include <linux/cleancache.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include "internal.h"
@@ -521,7 +520,7 @@ static struct super_block *blockdev_superblock __read_mostly;
 void __init bdev_cache_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
-	struct vfsmount *bd_mnt;
+	static struct vfsmount *bd_mnt;
 
 	bdev_cachep = kmem_cache_create("bdev_cache", sizeof(struct bdev_inode),
 			0, (SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|
@@ -533,12 +532,7 @@ void __init bdev_cache_init(void)
 	bd_mnt = kern_mount(&bd_type);
 	if (IS_ERR(bd_mnt))
 		panic("Cannot create bdev pseudo-fs");
-	/*
-	 * This vfsmount structure is only used to obtain the
-	 * blockdev_superblock, so tell kmemleak not to report it.
-	 */
-	kmemleak_not_leak(bd_mnt);
-	blockdev_superblock = bd_mnt->mnt_sb;	/* For writeback */
+	blockdev_superblock = bd_mnt->mnt_sb;   /* For writeback */
 }
 
 /*