diff --git a/init/init.cpp b/init/init.cpp
index 0e019b059..0d5690b07 100644
--- a/init/init.cpp
+++ b/init/init.cpp
@@ -628,6 +628,14 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
         mknod("/dev/random", S_IFCHR | 0666, makedev(1, 8));
         mknod("/dev/urandom", S_IFCHR | 0666, makedev(1, 9));
 
+        // Mount staging areas for devices managed by vold
+        // See storage config details at http://source.android.com/devices/storage/
+        mount("tmpfs", "/mnt", "tmpfs", MS_NOEXEC | MS_NOSUID | MS_NODEV,
+              "mode=0755,uid=0,gid=1000");
+        // /mnt/vendor is used to mount vendor-specific partitions that can not be
+        // part of the vendor partition, e.g. because they are mounted read-write.
+        mkdir("/mnt/vendor", 0755);
+
         // Now that tmpfs is mounted on /dev and we have /dev/kmsg, we can actually
         // talk to the outside world...
         InitKernelLogging(argv);
diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 4f008acb6..319b4c708 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ on early-init
     # Set the security context of /adb_keys if present.
     restorecon /adb_keys
 
-    # Shouldn't be necessary, but sdcard won't start without it. http://b/22568628.
-    mkdir /mnt 0775 root system
-
     # Set the security context of /postinstall if present.
     restorecon /postinstall
 
@@ -83,9 +80,6 @@ on init
     chmod 0664 /dev/stune/top-app/tasks
     chmod 0664 /dev/stune/rt/tasks
 
-    # Mount staging areas for devices managed by vold
-    # See storage config details at http://source.android.com/tech/storage/
-    mount tmpfs tmpfs /mnt nodev noexec nosuid mode=0755,uid=0,gid=1000
     restorecon_recursive /mnt
 
     mount configfs none /config nodev noexec nosuid