diff --git a/sbin/init/init.c b/sbin/init/init.c
index d27b82ac4d47..3bb51ae18091 100644
--- a/sbin/init/init.c
+++ b/sbin/init/init.c
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ main(argc, argv)
 		warning("ignoring excess arguments");
 
 	if (devfs) {
-		mount("devfs", "/dev", MNT_NOEXEC|MNT_RDONLY, 0);
+		mount("devfs", "/dev", 0, 0);
 	}
 
 	/*