diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-block b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-block
index ac1e519272aa2..282de3680367d 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-block
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-block
@@ -705,6 +705,15 @@ Description:
 		zoned will report "none".
 
 
+What:		/sys/block/<disk>/hidden
+Date:		March 2023
+Contact:	linux-block@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+		[RO] the block device is hidden. it doesn’t produce events, and
+		can’t be opened from userspace or using blkdev_get*.
+		Used for the underlying components of multipath devices.
+
+
 What:		/sys/block/<disk>/stat
 Date:		February 2008
 Contact:	Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@redhat.com>
diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index 8a8d4441519ce..d9ed3108c17af 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -2854,11 +2854,11 @@ bfq_setup_stable_merge(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq,
 {
 	int proc_ref = min(bfqq_process_refs(bfqq),
 			   bfqq_process_refs(stable_merge_bfqq));
-	struct bfq_queue *new_bfqq;
+	struct bfq_queue *new_bfqq = NULL;
 
-	if (idling_boosts_thr_without_issues(bfqd, bfqq) ||
-	    proc_ref == 0)
-		return NULL;
+	bfqq_data->stable_merge_bfqq = NULL;
+	if (idling_boosts_thr_without_issues(bfqd, bfqq) || proc_ref == 0)
+		goto out;
 
 	/* next function will take at least one ref */
 	new_bfqq = bfq_setup_merge(bfqq, stable_merge_bfqq);
@@ -2873,6 +2873,11 @@ bfq_setup_stable_merge(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq,
 			new_bfqq_data->stably_merged = true;
 		}
 	}
+
+out:
+	/* deschedule stable merge, because done or aborted here */
+	bfq_put_stable_ref(stable_merge_bfqq);
+
 	return new_bfqq;
 }
 
@@ -2933,11 +2938,6 @@ bfq_setup_cooperator(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq,
 			struct bfq_queue *stable_merge_bfqq =
 				bfqq_data->stable_merge_bfqq;
 
-			/* deschedule stable merge, because done or aborted here */
-			bfq_put_stable_ref(stable_merge_bfqq);
-
-			bfqq_data->stable_merge_bfqq = NULL;
-
 			return bfq_setup_stable_merge(bfqd, bfqq,
 						      stable_merge_bfqq,
 						      bfqq_data);
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 3ee5577e15860..02d9cfb9e077a 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ 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(disk->part0, disk_scan_partitions);