diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 580bae995b87980010e9ad716a7ade4c4fe22b4c..4494411fa4d3ef0f8bd1a826f60f866b101204ca 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1244,6 +1244,9 @@ int bdev_disk_changed(struct block_device *bdev, bool invalidate)
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&bdev->bd_mutex);
 
+	if (!(disk->flags & GENHD_FL_UP))
+		return -ENXIO;
+
 rescan:
 	if (bdev->bd_part_count)
 		return -EBUSY;