diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 77c30f15a02c3..2eca00ec43706 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -870,6 +870,7 @@ static void init_once(void *foo)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdev->bd_holder_disks);
 #endif
+	bdev->bd_bdi = &noop_backing_dev_info;
 	inode_init_once(&ei->vfs_inode);
 	/* Initialize mutex for freeze. */
 	mutex_init(&bdev->bd_fsfreeze_mutex);
@@ -884,8 +885,10 @@ static void bdev_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	spin_lock(&bdev_lock);
 	list_del_init(&bdev->bd_list);
 	spin_unlock(&bdev_lock);
-	if (bdev->bd_bdi != &noop_backing_dev_info)
+	if (bdev->bd_bdi != &noop_backing_dev_info) {
 		bdi_put(bdev->bd_bdi);
+		bdev->bd_bdi = &noop_backing_dev_info;
+	}
 }
 
 static const struct super_operations bdev_sops = {
@@ -988,7 +991,6 @@ struct block_device *bdget(dev_t dev)
 		bdev->bd_contains = NULL;
 		bdev->bd_super = NULL;
 		bdev->bd_inode = inode;
-		bdev->bd_bdi = &noop_backing_dev_info;
 		bdev->bd_block_size = i_blocksize(inode);
 		bdev->bd_part_count = 0;
 		bdev->bd_invalidated = 0;