1 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/partitions/msdos.c b/fs/partitions/msdos.c
index 5567ec0d03a3..796511886f28 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/msdos.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/msdos.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  *
  *  Re-organised Feb 1998 Russell King
  */
-
+#include <linux/msdos_fs.h>
 
 #include "check.h"
 #include "msdos.h"
@@ -419,6 +419,7 @@ int msdos_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
         Sector sect;
         unsigned char *data;
         struct partition *p;
+        struct fat_boot_sector *fb;
         int slot;
 
         data = read_dev_sector(bdev, 0, &sect);
@@ -444,8 +445,21 @@ int msdos_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
         p = (struct partition *) (data + 0x1be);
         for (slot = 1; slot <= 4; slot++, p++) {
                 if (p->boot_ind != 0 && p->boot_ind != 0x80) {
-                        put_dev_sector(sect);
-                        return 0;
+                        /*
+                         * Even without a valid boot inidicator value
+                         * its still possible this is valid FAT filesystem
+                         * without a partition table.
+                         */
+                        fb = (struct fat_boot_sector *) data;
+                        if (slot == 1 && fb->reserved && fb->fats
+                                && fat_valid_media(fb->media)) {
+                                printk("\n");
+                                put_dev_sector(sect);
+                                return 1;
+                        } else {
+                                put_dev_sector(sect);
+                                return 0;
+                        }
                 }
         }