diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index 1b02be7..4e11a9a 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
 /* this is initialized in init/main.c */
 dev_t ROOT_DEV;
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(ROOT_DEV);
-
 static int __init load_ramdisk(char *str)
 {
 	rd_doload = simple_strtol(str,NULL,0) & 3;