diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index 9cddd78b11d4..edf6c044af4a 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/fs_context.h>
-#include <linux/fs_parser.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include "hostfs.h"
 #include <init.h>
@@ -926,6 +925,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations hostfs_link_iops = {
 static int hostfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
 {
 	struct hostfs_fs_info *fsi = sb->s_fs_info;
+	const char *host_root = fc->source;
 	struct inode *root_inode;
 	int err;
 
@@ -939,6 +939,15 @@ static int hostfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	/* NULL is printed as '(null)' by printf(): avoid that. */
+	if (fc->source == NULL)
+		host_root = "";
+
+	fsi->host_root_path =
+		kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s/%s", root_ino, host_root);
+	if (fsi->host_root_path == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	root_inode = hostfs_iget(sb, fsi->host_root_path);
 	if (IS_ERR(root_inode))
 		return PTR_ERR(root_inode);
@@ -964,58 +973,6 @@ static int hostfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-enum hostfs_parma {
-	Opt_hostfs,
-};
-
-static const struct fs_parameter_spec hostfs_param_specs[] = {
-	fsparam_string_empty("hostfs",		Opt_hostfs),
-	{}
-};
-
-static int hostfs_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc, struct fs_parameter *param)
-{
-	struct hostfs_fs_info *fsi = fc->s_fs_info;
-	struct fs_parse_result result;
-	char *host_root;
-	int opt;
-
-	opt = fs_parse(fc, hostfs_param_specs, param, &result);
-	if (opt < 0)
-		return opt;
-
-	switch (opt) {
-	case Opt_hostfs:
-		host_root = param->string;
-		if (!*host_root)
-			host_root = "";
-		fsi->host_root_path =
-			kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s/%s", root_ino, host_root);
-		if (fsi->host_root_path == NULL)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		break;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int hostfs_parse_monolithic(struct fs_context *fc, void *data)
-{
-	struct hostfs_fs_info *fsi = fc->s_fs_info;
-	char *host_root = (char *)data;
-
-	/* NULL is printed as '(null)' by printf(): avoid that. */
-	if (host_root == NULL)
-		host_root = "";
-
-	fsi->host_root_path =
-		kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s/%s", root_ino, host_root);
-	if (fsi->host_root_path == NULL)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int hostfs_fc_get_tree(struct fs_context *fc)
 {
 	return get_tree_nodev(fc, hostfs_fill_super);
@@ -1033,8 +990,6 @@ static void hostfs_fc_free(struct fs_context *fc)
 }
 
 static const struct fs_context_operations hostfs_context_ops = {
-	.parse_monolithic = hostfs_parse_monolithic,
-	.parse_param	= hostfs_parse_param,
 	.get_tree	= hostfs_fc_get_tree,
 	.free		= hostfs_fc_free,
 };