diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index 279ad28bf4fb..3c5fd993bc7e 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -208,6 +208,9 @@ retry:
 				goto out;
 			case -EACCES:
 			case -EINVAL:
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
+				init_flush_fput();
+#endif
 				continue;
 		}
 	        /*
diff --git a/init/do_mounts.h b/init/do_mounts.h
index 15e372b00ce7..6069ea3eb80d 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.h
+++ b/init/do_mounts.h
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #include <linux/major.h>
 #include <linux/root_dev.h>
 #include <linux/init_syscalls.h>
+#include <linux/task_work.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
 
 void  mount_root_generic(char *name, char *pretty_name, int flags);
 void  mount_root(char *root_device_name);
@@ -41,3 +43,10 @@ static inline bool initrd_load(char *root_device_name)
 	}
 
 #endif
+
+/* Ensure that async file closing finished to prevent spurious errors. */
+static inline void init_flush_fput(void)
+{
+	flush_delayed_fput();
+	task_work_run();
+}
diff --git a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c
index 76deb48c38cb..6554f28fa2da 100644
--- a/init/initramfs.c
+++ b/init/initramfs.c
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/init_syscalls.h>
-#include <linux/task_work.h>
 #include <linux/umh.h>
 
+#include "do_mounts.h"
+
 static __initdata bool csum_present;
 static __initdata u32 io_csum;
 
@@ -736,8 +737,7 @@ done:
 	initrd_start = 0;
 	initrd_end = 0;
 
-	flush_delayed_fput();
-	task_work_run();
+	init_flush_fput();
 }
 
 static ASYNC_DOMAIN_EXCLUSIVE(initramfs_domain);