diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/Kconfig b/fs/ntfs3/Kconfig
index cdfdf51e55d7..7bc31d69f680 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/Kconfig
@@ -46,3 +46,12 @@ config NTFS3_FS_POSIX_ACL
 	  NOTE: this is linux only feature. Windows will ignore these ACLs.
 
 	  If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N.
+
+config NTFS_FS
+	tristate "NTFS file system support"
+	select NTFS3_FS
+	select BUFFER_HEAD
+	select NLS
+	help
+	  This config option is here only for backward compatibility. NTFS
+	  filesystem is now handled by the NTFS3 driver.
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/super.c b/fs/ntfs3/super.c
index 9df7c20d066f..8d2e51bae2cb 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/super.c
@@ -1798,6 +1798,35 @@ static struct file_system_type ntfs_fs_type = {
 	.kill_sb		= ntfs3_kill_sb,
 	.fs_flags		= FS_REQUIRES_DEV | FS_ALLOW_IDMAP,
 };
+
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NTFS_FS)
+static struct file_system_type ntfs_legacy_fs_type = {
+	.owner			= THIS_MODULE,
+	.name			= "ntfs",
+	.init_fs_context	= ntfs_init_fs_context,
+	.parameters		= ntfs_fs_parameters,
+	.kill_sb		= ntfs3_kill_sb,
+	.fs_flags		= FS_REQUIRES_DEV | FS_ALLOW_IDMAP,
+};
+MODULE_ALIAS_FS("ntfs");
+
+static inline void register_as_ntfs_legacy(void)
+{
+	int err = register_filesystem(&ntfs_legacy_fs_type);
+	if (err)
+		pr_warn("ntfs3: Failed to register legacy ntfs filesystem driver: %d\n", err);
+}
+
+static inline void unregister_as_ntfs_legacy(void)
+{
+	unregister_filesystem(&ntfs_legacy_fs_type);
+}
+#else
+static inline void register_as_ntfs_legacy(void) {}
+static inline void unregister_as_ntfs_legacy(void) {}
+#endif
+
+
 // clang-format on
 
 static int __init init_ntfs_fs(void)
@@ -1832,6 +1861,7 @@ static int __init init_ntfs_fs(void)
 		goto out1;
 	}
 
+	register_as_ntfs_legacy();
 	err = register_filesystem(&ntfs_fs_type);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
@@ -1849,6 +1879,7 @@ static void __exit exit_ntfs_fs(void)
 	rcu_barrier();
 	kmem_cache_destroy(ntfs_inode_cachep);
 	unregister_filesystem(&ntfs_fs_type);
+	unregister_as_ntfs_legacy();
 	ntfs3_exit_bitmap();
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS