3 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
index cad8fcc7b239..16de17b5b829 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
@@ -522,10 +522,6 @@ static int mtd_blkpg_ioctl(struct mtd_info *mtd,
         if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
                 return -EPERM;
 
-        /* Only master mtd device must be used to control partitions */
-        if (!mtd_is_master(mtd))
-                return -EINVAL;
-
         if (copy_from_user(&a, arg, sizeof(struct blkpg_ioctl_arg)))
                 return -EFAULT;
 
@@ -535,6 +531,10 @@ static int mtd_blkpg_ioctl(struct mtd_info *mtd,
         switch (a.op) {
         case BLKPG_ADD_PARTITION:
 
+                /* Only master mtd device must be used to add partitions */
+                if (mtd_is_partition(mtd))
+                        return -EINVAL;
+
                 return mtd_add_partition(mtd, p.devname, p.start, p.length);
 
         case BLKPG_DEL_PARTITION:
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
index 79e3689f1e16..1047ff0a4f55 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
@@ -720,19 +720,19 @@ int parse_mtd_partitions(struct mtd_info *master, const char **types,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(parse_mtd_partitions);
 
-int mtd_is_master(struct mtd_info *mtd)
+int mtd_is_partition(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 {
         struct mtd_part *part;
-        int nopart = 0;
+        int ispart = 0;
 
         mutex_lock(&mtd_partitions_mutex);
         list_for_each_entry(part, &mtd_partitions, list)
                 if (&part->mtd == mtd) {
-                        nopart = 1;
+                        ispart = 1;
                         break;
                 }
         mutex_unlock(&mtd_partitions_mutex);
 
-        return nopart;
+        return ispart;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtd_is_master);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtd_is_partition);
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h b/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h
index 2b54316591d2..4a0a8ba90a72 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static inline int mtd_has_cmdlinepart(void) { return 1; }
 static inline int mtd_has_cmdlinepart(void) { return 0; }
 #endif
 
-int mtd_is_master(struct mtd_info *mtd);
+int mtd_is_partition(struct mtd_info *mtd);
 int mtd_add_partition(struct mtd_info *master, char *name,
                       long long offset, long long length);
 int mtd_del_partition(struct mtd_info *master, int partno);