diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index fe09ef9c21f3..7a506c55a993 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1324,7 +1324,8 @@ static void flush_disk(struct block_device *bdev, bool kill_dirty)
  * @bdev: struct bdev to adjust.
  *
  * This routine checks to see if the bdev size does not match the disk size
- * and adjusts it if it differs.
+ * and adjusts it if it differs. When shrinking the bdev size, its all caches
+ * are freed.
  */
 void check_disk_size_change(struct gendisk *disk, struct block_device *bdev)
 {
@@ -1337,7 +1338,8 @@ void check_disk_size_change(struct gendisk *disk, struct block_device *bdev)
 		       "%s: detected capacity change from %lld to %lld\n",
 		       disk->disk_name, bdev_size, disk_size);
 		i_size_write(bdev->bd_inode, disk_size);
-		flush_disk(bdev, false);
+		if (bdev_size > disk_size)
+			flush_disk(bdev, false);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(check_disk_size_change);