diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1ceeb39a7436..dc10c227830a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6245838fe4d2ce4aab52f543224f7d1212d9155c
+refs/heads/master: c3473c63542d53740f175f3a515257ae159e998b
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/block/loop.c b/trunk/drivers/block/loop.c
index 8546d123b9a7..a90e83c9be96 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -835,6 +835,8 @@ static int loop_set_fd(struct loop_device *lo, fmode_t mode,
 
 	set_capacity(lo->lo_disk, size);
 	bd_set_size(bdev, size << 9);
+	/* let user-space know about the new size */
+	kobject_uevent(&disk_to_dev(bdev->bd_disk)->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE);
 
 	set_blocksize(bdev, lo_blocksize);
 
@@ -858,6 +860,7 @@ static int loop_set_fd(struct loop_device *lo, fmode_t mode,
 	set_capacity(lo->lo_disk, 0);
 	invalidate_bdev(bdev);
 	bd_set_size(bdev, 0);
+	kobject_uevent(&disk_to_dev(bdev->bd_disk)->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE);
 	mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, lo->old_gfp_mask);
 	lo->lo_state = Lo_unbound;
  out_putf:
@@ -944,8 +947,11 @@ static int loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo, struct block_device *bdev)
 	if (bdev)
 		invalidate_bdev(bdev);
 	set_capacity(lo->lo_disk, 0);
-	if (bdev)
+	if (bdev) {
 		bd_set_size(bdev, 0);
+		/* let user-space know about this change */
+		kobject_uevent(&disk_to_dev(bdev->bd_disk)->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE);
+	}
 	mapping_set_gfp_mask(filp->f_mapping, gfp);
 	lo->lo_state = Lo_unbound;
 	/* This is safe: open() is still holding a reference. */
@@ -1189,6 +1195,8 @@ static int loop_set_capacity(struct loop_device *lo, struct block_device *bdev)
 	sz <<= 9;
 	mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
 	bd_set_size(bdev, sz);
+	/* let user-space know about the new size */
+	kobject_uevent(&disk_to_dev(bdev->bd_disk)->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE);
 	mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
 
  out: