diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 23b4f7063322c303dd5a1ab15c66a3a62daca7ca..b26c4085590da7917a666e068ac469cfbb8fe69d 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ static DEFINE_IDR(ext_devt_idr);
 
 static struct device_type disk_type;
 
+static void disk_alloc_events(struct gendisk *disk);
 static void disk_add_events(struct gendisk *disk);
 static void disk_del_events(struct gendisk *disk);
 static void disk_release_events(struct gendisk *disk);
@@ -601,6 +602,8 @@ void add_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
 	disk->major = MAJOR(devt);
 	disk->first_minor = MINOR(devt);
 
+	disk_alloc_events(disk);
+
 	/* Register BDI before referencing it from bdev */
 	bdi = &disk->queue->backing_dev_info;
 	bdi_register_dev(bdi, disk_devt(disk));
@@ -1733,9 +1736,9 @@ module_param_cb(events_dfl_poll_msecs, &disk_events_dfl_poll_msecs_param_ops,
 		&disk_events_dfl_poll_msecs, 0644);
 
 /*
- * disk_{add|del|release}_events - initialize and destroy disk_events.
+ * disk_{alloc|add|del|release}_events - initialize and destroy disk_events.
  */
-static void disk_add_events(struct gendisk *disk)
+static void disk_alloc_events(struct gendisk *disk)
 {
 	struct disk_events *ev;
 
@@ -1748,16 +1751,6 @@ static void disk_add_events(struct gendisk *disk)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (sysfs_create_files(&disk_to_dev(disk)->kobj,
-			       disk_events_attrs) < 0) {
-		pr_warn("%s: failed to create sysfs files for events\n",
-			disk->disk_name);
-		kfree(ev);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	disk->ev = ev;
-
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ev->node);
 	ev->disk = disk;
 	spin_lock_init(&ev->lock);
@@ -1766,8 +1759,21 @@ static void disk_add_events(struct gendisk *disk)
 	ev->poll_msecs = -1;
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&ev->dwork, disk_events_workfn);
 
+	disk->ev = ev;
+}
+
+static void disk_add_events(struct gendisk *disk)
+{
+	if (!disk->ev)
+		return;
+
+	/* FIXME: error handling */
+	if (sysfs_create_files(&disk_to_dev(disk)->kobj, disk_events_attrs) < 0)
+		pr_warn("%s: failed to create sysfs files for events\n",
+			disk->disk_name);
+
 	mutex_lock(&disk_events_mutex);
-	list_add_tail(&ev->node, &disk_events);
+	list_add_tail(&disk->ev->node, &disk_events);
 	mutex_unlock(&disk_events_mutex);
 
 	/*