diff --git a/kernel/lib.rs b/kernel/lib.rs
index 2bdf7b2ed5f1b8a68aa82c1bad01bec0d518ecb9..8a1a8b18765c1fa6032a52ea21975f05625bdbf6 100644
--- a/kernel/lib.rs
+++ b/kernel/lib.rs
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ pub extern fn userspace_init() {
     assert_eq!(syscall::open(b"debug:", syscall::flag::O_WRONLY).map(FileHandle::into), Ok(1));
     assert_eq!(syscall::open(b"debug:", syscall::flag::O_WRONLY).map(FileHandle::into), Ok(2));
 
-    syscall::exec(b"initfs:/bin/init", &[]).expect("failed to execute initfs:init");
+    syscall::exec(b"/bin/init", &[]).expect("failed to execute init");
 
-    panic!("initfs:init returned")
+    panic!("init returned")
 }
 
 /// Allow exception handlers to send signal to arch-independant kernel