diff --git a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
index e48aaba3166b5d..eac184e6d65774 100644
--- a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
+++ b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ static int __init devtmpfs_setup(void *p)
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 	init_chdir("/.."); /* will traverse into overmounted root */
-	ksys_chroot(".");
+	init_chroot(".");
 out:
 	*(int *)p = err;
 	complete(&setup_done);
diff --git a/fs/init.c b/fs/init.c
index 64d4e12eba9339..2c78f24814dde4 100644
--- a/fs/init.c
+++ b/fs/init.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/fs_struct.h>
 #include <linux/init_syscalls.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
 int __init init_mount(const char *dev_name, const char *dir_name,
@@ -54,6 +55,29 @@ int __init init_chdir(const char *filename)
 	return error;
 }
 
+int __init init_chroot(const char *filename)
+{
+	struct path path;
+	int error;
+
+	error = kern_path(filename, LOOKUP_FOLLOW | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY, &path);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+	error = inode_permission(path.dentry->d_inode, MAY_EXEC | MAY_CHDIR);
+	if (error)
+		goto dput_and_out;
+	error = -EPERM;
+	if (!ns_capable(current_user_ns(), CAP_SYS_CHROOT))
+		goto dput_and_out;
+	error = security_path_chroot(&path);
+	if (error)
+		goto dput_and_out;
+	set_fs_root(current->fs, &path);
+dput_and_out:
+	path_put(&path);
+	return error;
+}
+
 int __init init_unlink(const char *pathname)
 {
 	return do_unlinkat(AT_FDCWD, getname_kernel(pathname));
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 723e0ac898935e..f62f4752bb436d 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(fchdir, unsigned int, fd)
 	return error;
 }
 
-int ksys_chroot(const char __user *filename)
+SYSCALL_DEFINE1(chroot, const char __user *, filename)
 {
 	struct path path;
 	int error;
@@ -563,11 +563,6 @@ int ksys_chroot(const char __user *filename)
 	return error;
 }
 
-SYSCALL_DEFINE1(chroot, const char __user *, filename)
-{
-	return ksys_chroot(filename);
-}
-
 static int chmod_common(const struct path *path, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = path->dentry->d_inode;
diff --git a/include/linux/init_syscalls.h b/include/linux/init_syscalls.h
index 1e845910ae56e9..e07099a14b91db 100644
--- a/include/linux/init_syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/init_syscalls.h
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ int __init init_mount(const char *dev_name, const char *dir_name,
 		const char *type_page, unsigned long flags, void *data_page);
 int __init init_umount(const char *name, int flags);
 int __init init_chdir(const char *filename);
+int __init init_chroot(const char *filename);
 int __init init_unlink(const char *pathname);
 int __init init_rmdir(const char *pathname);
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 31fa67fb9894b3..e89d62e944dc0e 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -1235,8 +1235,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_ni_syscall(void);
  * Instead, use one of the functions which work equivalently, such as
  * the ksys_xyzyyz() functions prototyped below.
  */
-
-int ksys_chroot(const char __user *filename);
 ssize_t ksys_write(unsigned int fd, const char __user *buf, size_t count);
 int ksys_fchown(unsigned int fd, uid_t user, gid_t group);
 ssize_t ksys_read(unsigned int fd, char __user *buf, size_t count);
diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index a7581c6e85f268..b5f9604d0c98a2 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ void __init prepare_namespace(void)
 out:
 	devtmpfs_mount();
 	init_mount(".", "/", NULL, MS_MOVE, NULL);
-	ksys_chroot(".");
+	init_chroot(".");
 }
 
 static bool is_tmpfs;
diff --git a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
index 04627fd22a921f..a6b447b191dbc8 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static int __init init_linuxrc(struct subprocess_info *info, struct cred *new)
 	/* move initrd over / and chdir/chroot in initrd root */
 	init_chdir("/root");
 	init_mount(".", "/", NULL, MS_MOVE, NULL);
-	ksys_chroot(".");
+	init_chroot(".");
 	ksys_setsid();
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static void __init handle_initrd(void)
 	/* move initrd to rootfs' /old */
 	init_mount("..", ".", NULL, MS_MOVE, NULL);
 	/* switch root and cwd back to / of rootfs */
-	ksys_chroot("..");
+	init_chroot("..");
 
 	if (new_decode_dev(real_root_dev) == Root_RAM0) {
 		init_chdir("/old");
