diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index 5fdef94f086456471d8846b8b0ce3c5a23e181fb..279ad28bf4fb148e37cbd9600842a567c813039c 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -510,7 +510,10 @@ struct file_system_type rootfs_fs_type = {
 
 void __init init_rootfs(void)
 {
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TMPFS) && !saved_root_name[0] &&
-		(!root_fs_names || strstr(root_fs_names, "tmpfs")))
-		is_tmpfs = true;
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TMPFS)) {
+		if (!saved_root_name[0] && !root_fs_names)
+			is_tmpfs = true;
+		else if (root_fs_names && !!strstr(root_fs_names, "tmpfs"))
+			is_tmpfs = true;
+	}
 }