diff --git a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
index a71d14117943..b5cbaa61cbea 100644
--- a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
+++ b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
@@ -59,8 +59,15 @@ static struct dentry *public_dev_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int fla
 		      const char *dev_name, void *data)
 {
 	struct super_block *s = mnt->mnt_sb;
+	int err;
+
 	atomic_inc(&s->s_active);
 	down_write(&s->s_umount);
+	err = reconfigure_single(s, flags, data);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		deactivate_locked_super(s);
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	}
 	return dget(s->s_root);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 98bb0629ee10..20f1707807bb 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -1472,8 +1472,8 @@ struct dentry *mount_nodev(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mount_nodev);
 
-static int reconfigure_single(struct super_block *s,
-			      int flags, void *data)
+int reconfigure_single(struct super_block *s,
+		       int flags, void *data)
 {
 	struct fs_context *fc;
 	int ret;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs_context.h b/include/linux/fs_context.h
index 5b44b0195a28..e869ce3ae660 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs_context.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs_context.h
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ extern int generic_parse_monolithic(struct fs_context *fc, void *data);
 extern int vfs_get_tree(struct fs_context *fc);
 extern void put_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc);
 extern void fc_drop_locked(struct fs_context *fc);
+int reconfigure_single(struct super_block *s,
+		       int flags, void *data);
 
 /*
  * sget() wrappers to be called from the ->get_tree() op.