diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 5c9c503de423..7923e720ddf5 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -541,13 +541,15 @@ void add_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
 	disk->major = MAJOR(devt);
 	disk->first_minor = MINOR(devt);
 
+	/* Register BDI before referencing it from bdev */ 
+	bdi = &disk->queue->backing_dev_info;
+	bdi_register_dev(bdi, disk_devt(disk));
+
 	blk_register_region(disk_devt(disk), disk->minors, NULL,
 			    exact_match, exact_lock, disk);
 	register_disk(disk);
 	blk_register_queue(disk);
 
-	bdi = &disk->queue->backing_dev_info;
-	bdi_register_dev(bdi, disk_devt(disk));
 	retval = sysfs_create_link(&disk_to_dev(disk)->kobj, &bdi->dev->kobj,
 				   "bdi");
 	WARN_ON(retval);