1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index f45dbc18dd17..d250f807fd83 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/uio.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/log2.h>
+#include <linux/kmemleak.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
@@ -492,6 +493,11 @@ 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 */
 }