diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 3a6d4fb2a329ceb5795bb18eec19ca71f330832b..94dfda24c06e5ea08b7df4883b640db573d137e7 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -564,6 +564,16 @@ struct block_device *bdget(dev_t dev)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdget);
 
+/**
+ * bdgrab -- Grab a reference to an already referenced block device
+ * @bdev:	Block device to grab a reference to.
+ */
+struct block_device *bdgrab(struct block_device *bdev)
+{
+	atomic_inc(&bdev->bd_inode->i_count);
+	return bdev;
+}
+
 long nr_blockdev_pages(void)
 {
 	struct block_device *bdev;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 0872372184fe159a62475b48a99a1a6a26d8f1cd..a36ffa5a77a4b2cbc45628e5eda30d4071828f6a 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1946,6 +1946,7 @@ extern void putname(const char *name);
 extern int register_blkdev(unsigned int, const char *);
 extern void unregister_blkdev(unsigned int, const char *);
 extern struct block_device *bdget(dev_t);
+extern struct block_device *bdgrab(struct block_device *bdev);
 extern void bd_set_size(struct block_device *, loff_t size);
 extern void bd_forget(struct inode *inode);
 extern void bdput(struct block_device *);
diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index d1ade1a48ee7b962852c7645bc08b15c67924050..8ffdc0d23c536fe04779a9c559af68f6d9470997 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ int swap_type_of(dev_t device, sector_t offset, struct block_device **bdev_p)
 
 		if (!bdev) {
 			if (bdev_p)
-				*bdev_p = bdget(sis->bdev->bd_dev);
+				*bdev_p = bdgrab(sis->bdev);
 
 			spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
 			return i;
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ int swap_type_of(dev_t device, sector_t offset, struct block_device **bdev_p)
 					struct swap_extent, list);
 			if (se->start_block == offset) {
 				if (bdev_p)
-					*bdev_p = bdget(sis->bdev->bd_dev);
+					*bdev_p = bdgrab(sis->bdev);
 
 				spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
 				bdput(bdev);