diff --git a/kernel/kernel/initrd.cpp b/kernel/kernel/initrd.cpp
index d079ff6f9..964db3345 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel/initrd.cpp
+++ b/kernel/kernel/initrd.cpp
@@ -34,9 +34,19 @@ bool is_tar(void *initrd)
     return !memcmp(header->magic, "ustar ", 5);
 }
 
+size_t strlen_space(const char *buf)
+{
+    const char *s = buf;
+    size_t len = 0;
+
+    while (*s && *s != ' ')
+        s++, len++;
+    return len;
+}
+
 unsigned int parse_perms_from_tar(tar_header_t *entry)
 {
-    return parser::parse_number_from_string<unsigned int>({entry->mode, strlen(entry->mode)})
+    return parser::parse_number_from_string<unsigned int>({entry->mode, strlen_space(entry->mode)})
         .unwrap();
 }
 
diff --git a/usystem/core/bootstrap-init/main.c b/usystem/core/bootstrap-init/main.c
index 3942e0086..09eff69cb 100644
--- a/usystem/core/bootstrap-init/main.c
+++ b/usystem/core/bootstrap-init/main.c
@@ -41,13 +41,6 @@ int insmod(const char *path, const char *name)
     return syscall(SYS_insmod, path, name);
 }
 
-int fmount(int fd, char *path)
-{
-    if (syscall(SYS_fmount, fd, path))
-        return -1;
-    return 0;
-}
-
 #define MODULE_PREFIX "/usr/lib/modules/"
 #define MODULE_EXT    ".ko"
 
@@ -212,15 +205,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     if (option_verbose)
         fprintf(stderr, "bootstrap-init: Mounting root filesystem %s...\n", root_blockdev);
 
-    int devfd = open("/dev", O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
-    int sysfsfd = open("/sys", O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
-
-    if (devfd < 0 || sysfsfd < 0)
-    {
-        perror("Failed opening old mounts");
-        return 1;
-    }
-
     st = mount_autodetect(root_blockdev, "/");
 
     free((void *) root_blockdev);
@@ -233,14 +217,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     }
 
     if (option_verbose)
-        fprintf(stderr, "bootstrap-init: root mounted, remounting dev and sysfs\n");
+        fprintf(stderr, "bootstrap-init: root mounted, remounting dev\n");
 
-    if (fmount(devfd, "/dev") < 0 || fmount(sysfsfd, "/sys") < 0)
-    {
-        perror("fmount");
-        fprintf(stderr, "bootstrap-init: Mounting devfs and sysfs failed\n");
-        return 1;
-    }
+    if (mount("none", "/dev", "devfs", 0, NULL) < 0)
+        return 2;
 
     if (option_verbose)
         fprintf(stderr, "bootstrap-init: root mounting done, exec'ing the new init\n");