diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 3e718d1f6412..66ac56e63cc3 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1c925604e1038c7c65b91a92d14dc972b3a70a97
+refs/heads/master: ebbefc011e56bd85b4745d01e5b8d7d05d95ed5d
diff --git a/trunk/fs/block_dev.c b/trunk/fs/block_dev.c
index db831efbdbbd..7c727523bc54 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1135,12 +1135,15 @@ static int blkdev_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
 	if (res)
 		return res;
 
-	if (!(filp->f_mode & FMODE_EXCL))
-		return 0;
+	if (filp->f_mode & FMODE_EXCL) {
+		res = bd_claim(bdev, filp);
+		if (res)
+			goto out_blkdev_put;
+	}
 
-	if (!(res = bd_claim(bdev, filp)))
-		return 0;
+	return 0;
 
+ out_blkdev_put:
 	blkdev_put(bdev, filp->f_mode);
 	return res;
 }