1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 397960cf26af..e1eadcc9546a 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -1087,6 +1087,14 @@ dev_t blk_lookup_devt(const char *name, int partno)
                 if (strcmp(dev_name(dev), name))
                         continue;
 
+                if (partno < disk->minors) {
+                        /* We need to return the right devno, even
+                         * if the partition doesn't exist yet.
+                         */
+                        devt = MKDEV(MAJOR(dev->devt),
+                                     MINOR(dev->devt) + partno);
+                        break;
+                }
                 part = disk_get_part(disk, partno);
                 if (part) {
                         devt = part_devt(part);