1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 1a2421f908f0..610e8e0b04b8 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -762,7 +762,19 @@ static struct block_device *bd_start_claiming(struct block_device *bdev,
         if (!disk)
                 return ERR_PTR(-ENXIO);
 
-        whole = bdget_disk(disk, 0);
+        /*
+         * Normally, @bdev should equal what's returned from bdget_disk()
+         * if partno is 0; however, some drivers (floppy) use multiple
+         * bdev's for the same physical device and @bdev may be one of the
+         * aliases.  Keep @bdev if partno is 0.  This means claimer
+         * tracking is broken for those devices but it has always been that
+         * way.
+         */
+        if (partno)
+                whole = bdget_disk(disk, 0);
+        else
+                whole = bdgrab(bdev);
+
         module_put(disk->fops->owner);
         put_disk(disk);
         if (!whole)