diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index b6ad3554876faf7ed34c64f708ccf1a990dd748a..3c34dd01158549fa1f72d82bab832d11e2b52c29 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ int disk_scan_partitions(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode)
 	if (IS_ERR(bdev))
 		ret = PTR_ERR(bdev);
 	else
-		blkdev_put(bdev, mode);
+		blkdev_put(bdev, mode & ~FMODE_EXCL);
 
 	if (!(mode & FMODE_EXCL)) {
 		bd_abort_claiming(claim, claim, disk_scan_partitions);