diff --git a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
index 2659b25340735827e7ab80d7fb8c93e06deeb596..531a0915066b313462d6208359ecea4102397215 100644
--- a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
@@ -2579,14 +2579,14 @@ static int pkt_new_dev(struct pktcdvd_device *pd, dev_t dev)
 	bdev = bdget(dev);
 	if (!bdev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	ret = blkdev_get(bdev, FMODE_READ | FMODE_NDELAY, NULL);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 	if (!blk_queue_scsi_passthrough(bdev_get_queue(bdev))) {
 		WARN_ONCE(true, "Attempt to register a non-SCSI queue\n");
-		bdput(bdev);
+		blkdev_put(bdev, FMODE_READ | FMODE_NDELAY);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	ret = blkdev_get(bdev, FMODE_READ | FMODE_NDELAY, NULL);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
 
 	/* This is safe, since we have a reference from open(). */
 	__module_get(THIS_MODULE);