diff --git a/fs/proc/root.c b/fs/proc/root.c
index 270a2cb3f146..9f0d956f42fa 100644
--- a/fs/proc/root.c
+++ b/fs/proc/root.c
@@ -167,14 +167,8 @@ static struct file_system_type proc_fs_type = {
 
 void __init proc_root_init(void)
 {
-	int err;
-
 	proc_init_kmemcache();
 	set_proc_pid_nlink();
-	err = register_filesystem(&proc_fs_type);
-	if (err)
-		return;
-
 	proc_self_init();
 	proc_thread_self_init();
 	proc_symlink("mounts", NULL, "self/mounts");
@@ -191,6 +185,8 @@ void __init proc_root_init(void)
 	proc_tty_init();
 	proc_mkdir("bus", NULL);
 	proc_sys_init();
+
+	register_filesystem(&proc_fs_type);
 }
 
 static int proc_root_getattr(const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat,