diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.d/linux b/libexec/rc/rc.d/linux
index 882cf4012495..23cb5acc6f99 100755
--- a/libexec/rc/rc.d/linux
+++ b/libexec/rc/rc.d/linux
@@ -1,68 +1,74 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
 # $FreeBSD$
 #
 
 # PROVIDE: linux
 # REQUIRE: kldxref
 # KEYWORD: nojail
 
 . /etc/rc.subr
 
 name="linux"
 desc="Enable Linux ABI"
 rcvar="linux_enable"
 start_cmd="${name}_start"
 stop_cmd=":"
 
 linux_start()
 {
 	local _emul_path _tmpdir
 
 	case `sysctl -n hw.machine_arch` in
 	aarch64)
 		load_kld -e 'linux64elf' linux64
 		;;
 	amd64)
 		load_kld -e 'linuxelf' linux
 		load_kld -e 'linux64elf' linux64
 		;;
 	i386)
 		load_kld -e 'linuxelf' linux
 		;;
 	esac
 
 	_emul_path="$(sysctl -n compat.linux.emul_path)"
 
 	if [ -x ${_emul_path}/sbin/ldconfigDisabled ]; then
 		_tmpdir=`mktemp -d -t linux-ldconfig`
 		${_emul_path}/sbin/ldconfig -C ${_tmpdir}/ld.so.cache
 		if ! cmp -s ${_tmpdir}/ld.so.cache ${_emul_path}/etc/ld.so.cache; then
 			cat ${_tmpdir}/ld.so.cache > ${_emul_path}/etc/ld.so.cache
 		fi
 		rm -rf ${_tmpdir}
 	fi
 
 	# Linux uses the pre-pts(4) tty naming scheme.
 	load_kld pty
 
+	# Explicitly load the filesystem modules; they are usually required,
+	# even with linux_mounts_enable="NO".
+	load_kld fdescfs
+	load_kld linprocfs
+	load_kld linsysfs
+
 	# Handle unbranded ELF executables by defaulting to ELFOSABI_LINUX.
 	if [ `sysctl -ni kern.elf64.fallback_brand` -eq "-1" ]; then
 		sysctl kern.elf64.fallback_brand=3 > /dev/null
 	fi
 
 	if [ `sysctl -ni kern.elf32.fallback_brand` -eq "-1" ]; then
 		sysctl kern.elf32.fallback_brand=3 > /dev/null
 	fi
 
 	if checkyesno linux_mounts_enable; then 
 		mount -o nocover -t linprocfs linprocfs "${_emul_path}/proc"
 		mount -o nocover -t linsysfs linsysfs "${_emul_path}/sys"
 		mount -o nocover -t devfs devfs "${_emul_path}/dev"
 		mount -o nocover,linrdlnk -t fdescfs fdescfs "${_emul_path}/dev/fd"
 		mount -o nocover,mode=1777 -t tmpfs tmpfs "${_emul_path}/dev/shm"
 	fi
 }
 
 load_rc_config $name
 run_rc_command "$1"