diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 96a66f67172045d571be9fe18248dbefc99766ef..00620e01e043a0d19ad5672dea40e9831eaf8ec6 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -725,7 +725,8 @@ void del_gendisk(struct gendisk *disk)
 		 * Unregister bdi before releasing device numbers (as they can
 		 * get reused and we'd get clashes in sysfs).
 		 */
-		bdi_unregister(disk->queue->backing_dev_info);
+		if (!(disk->flags & GENHD_FL_HIDDEN))
+			bdi_unregister(disk->queue->backing_dev_info);
 		blk_unregister_queue(disk);
 	} else {
 		WARN_ON(1);