diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 59a1395eedac45e3e5d6326ed2956caf8a7de7c8..85df45292dbaf97bc94e6bc7cd18380343c17928 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -1110,8 +1110,7 @@ static void disk_release(struct device *dev)
 	disk_release_events(disk);
 	kfree(disk->random);
 	disk_replace_part_tbl(disk, NULL);
-	free_part_stats(&disk->part0);
-	free_part_info(&disk->part0);
+	hd_free_part(&disk->part0);
 	if (disk->queue)
 		blk_put_queue(disk->queue);
 	kfree(disk);
diff --git a/block/partition-generic.c b/block/partition-generic.c
index 0d9e5f97f0a8afaa397530a77684bacc7b22ab26..eca0d02a607c2ab555f66c4bdd2de3701c3788f4 100644
--- a/block/partition-generic.c
+++ b/block/partition-generic.c
@@ -212,8 +212,7 @@ static void part_release(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct hd_struct *p = dev_to_part(dev);
 	blk_free_devt(dev->devt);
-	free_part_stats(p);
-	free_part_info(p);
+	hd_free_part(p);
 	kfree(p);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h
index ec274e0f4ed28d1834bb7b3115bd1010f92396a8..a221220ffcb2dbf43b520f69056b9df76dcfb4f8 100644
--- a/include/linux/genhd.h
+++ b/include/linux/genhd.h
@@ -663,6 +663,12 @@ static inline void hd_struct_put(struct hd_struct *part)
 		__delete_partition(part);
 }
 
+static inline void hd_free_part(struct hd_struct *part)
+{
+	free_part_stats(part);
+	free_part_info(part);
+}
+
 /*
  * Any access of part->nr_sects which is not protected by partition
  * bd_mutex or gendisk bdev bd_mutex, should be done using this