diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 15b3c18d83379a6fc27f1393366c03d19b83262b..2f444b87a5f244db1bd65fea29eea1daae265c1a 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -676,6 +676,7 @@ void del_gendisk(struct gendisk *disk)
 	disk_part_iter_exit(&piter);
 
 	invalidate_partition(disk, 0);
+	bdev_unhash_inode(disk_devt(disk));
 	set_capacity(disk, 0);
 	disk->flags &= ~GENHD_FL_UP;