diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 73faec438e49a88d308bb438c9e170dcacdc986e..419548e92d82f6216995293928b1c0e2f63f1d4c 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -246,15 +246,18 @@ struct block_device *disk_part_iter_next(struct disk_part_iter *piter)
 		part = rcu_dereference(ptbl->part[piter->idx]);
 		if (!part)
 			continue;
+		piter->part = bdgrab(part);
+		if (!piter->part)
+			continue;
 		if (!bdev_nr_sectors(part) &&
 		    !(piter->flags & DISK_PITER_INCL_EMPTY) &&
 		    !(piter->flags & DISK_PITER_INCL_EMPTY_PART0 &&
-		      piter->idx == 0))
+		      piter->idx == 0)) {
+			bdput(piter->part);
+			piter->part = NULL;
 			continue;
+		}
 
-		piter->part = bdgrab(part);
-		if (!piter->part)
-			continue;
 		piter->idx += inc;
 		break;
 	}