diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/userlandfs/server/HaikuKernelFileSystem.cpp b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/userlandfs/server/HaikuKernelFileSystem.cpp
index 8632f8d3ee..0c3814fd18 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/userlandfs/server/HaikuKernelFileSystem.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/userlandfs/server/HaikuKernelFileSystem.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,19 @@ HaikuKernelFileSystem::HaikuKernelFileSystem(file_system_module_info* fsModule)
 // destructor
 HaikuKernelFileSystem::~HaikuKernelFileSystem()
 {
+	// call the kernel module uninitialization
+	if (fFSModule->info.std_ops)
+		fFSModule->info.std_ops(B_MODULE_UNINIT);
+}
+
+// Init
+status_t
+HaikuKernelFileSystem::Init()
+{
+	// call the kernel module initialization
+	if (!fFSModule->info.std_ops)
+		return B_OK;
+	return fFSModule->info.std_ops(B_MODULE_INIT);
 }
 
 // CreateVolume
diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/userlandfs/server/HaikuKernelFileSystem.h b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/userlandfs/server/HaikuKernelFileSystem.h
index 0cdffb7429..c71210fbc7 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/userlandfs/server/HaikuKernelFileSystem.h
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/userlandfs/server/HaikuKernelFileSystem.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ public:
 									file_system_module_info* fsModule);
 	virtual						~HaikuKernelFileSystem();
 
+			status_t			Init();
+
 	virtual	status_t			CreateVolume(Volume** volume, mount_id id);
 	virtual	status_t			DeleteVolume(Volume* volume);
 
diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/userlandfs/server/UserlandFSServer.cpp b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/userlandfs/server/UserlandFSServer.cpp
index 34180bc7fd..5c1532da6a 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/userlandfs/server/UserlandFSServer.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/userlandfs/server/UserlandFSServer.cpp
@@ -273,8 +273,15 @@ UserlandFSServer::_CreateHaikuKernelInterface(const char* fsName,
 		= new(nothrow) HaikuKernelFileSystem(module);
 	if (!fileSystem)
 		RETURN_ERROR(B_NO_MEMORY);
+	ObjectDeleter<HaikuKernelFileSystem> fsDeleter(fileSystem);
+
+	// init the FS
+	error = fileSystem->Init();
+	if (error != B_OK)
+		return error;
 
 	// everything went fine
+	fsDeleter.Detach();
 	*_fileSystem = fileSystem;
 	return B_OK;
 }