diff --git a/block/compat_ioctl.c b/block/compat_ioctl.c
index 3d3e7a46f38c..67eb93cff699 100644
--- a/block/compat_ioctl.c
+++ b/block/compat_ioctl.c
@@ -677,6 +677,29 @@ static int compat_blkdev_driver_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode,
 	case DVD_WRITE_STRUCT:
 	case DVD_AUTH:
 		arg = (unsigned long)compat_ptr(arg);
+	/* These intepret arg as an unsigned long, not as a pointer,
+	 * so we must not do compat_ptr() conversion. */
+	case HDIO_SET_MULTCOUNT:
+	case HDIO_SET_UNMASKINTR:
+	case HDIO_SET_KEEPSETTINGS:
+	case HDIO_SET_32BIT:
+	case HDIO_SET_NOWERR:
+	case HDIO_SET_DMA:
+	case HDIO_SET_PIO_MODE:
+	case HDIO_SET_NICE:
+	case HDIO_SET_WCACHE:
+	case HDIO_SET_ACOUSTIC:
+	case HDIO_SET_BUSSTATE:
+	case HDIO_SET_ADDRESS:
+	case CDROMEJECT_SW:
+	case CDROM_SET_OPTIONS:
+	case CDROM_CLEAR_OPTIONS:
+	case CDROM_SELECT_SPEED:
+	case CDROM_SELECT_DISC:
+	case CDROM_MEDIA_CHANGED:
+	case CDROM_DRIVE_STATUS:
+	case CDROM_LOCKDOOR:
+	case CDROM_DEBUG:
 		break;
 	default:
 		/* unknown ioctl number */
@@ -699,8 +722,14 @@ long compat_blkdev_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	struct backing_dev_info *bdi;
 	loff_t size;
 
+	/*
+	 * O_NDELAY can be altered using fcntl(.., F_SETFL, ..), so we have
+	 * to updated it before every ioctl.
+	 */
 	if (file->f_flags & O_NDELAY)
-		mode |= FMODE_NDELAY_NOW;
+		mode |= FMODE_NDELAY;
+	else
+		mode &= ~FMODE_NDELAY;
 
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case HDIO_GETGEO:
diff --git a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
index f20bf359b84f..edda7b6b077b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
@@ -2790,7 +2790,7 @@ static int pkt_new_dev(struct pktcdvd_device *pd, dev_t dev)
 	return 0;
 
 out_mem:
-	blkdev_put(bdev, FMODE_READ|FMODE_WRITE);
+	blkdev_put(bdev, FMODE_READ | FMODE_NDELAY);
 	/* This is safe: open() is still holding a reference. */
 	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 	return ret;
@@ -2975,7 +2975,7 @@ static int pkt_remove_dev(dev_t pkt_dev)
 	pkt_debugfs_dev_remove(pd);
 	pkt_sysfs_dev_remove(pd);
 
-	blkdev_put(pd->bdev, FMODE_READ|FMODE_WRITE);
+	blkdev_put(pd->bdev, FMODE_READ | FMODE_NDELAY);
 
 	remove_proc_entry(pd->name, pkt_proc);
 	DPRINTK(DRIVER_NAME": writer %s unmapped\n", pd->name);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index c9e1242eaf25..5081b3981d3c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ static int sd_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode,
 	 * access to the device is prohibited.
 	 */
 	error = scsi_nonblockable_ioctl(sdp, cmd, p,
-					(mode & FMODE_NDELAY_NOW) != 0);
+					(mode & FMODE_NDELAY) != 0);
 	if (!scsi_block_when_processing_errors(sdp) || !error)
 		return error;
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sr.c b/drivers/scsi/sr.c
index 62b6633e3a97..45b66b98a516 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sr.c
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ static int sr_block_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, unsigned cmd,
 	 * if it doesn't recognise the ioctl
 	 */
 	ret = scsi_nonblockable_ioctl(sdev, cmd, argp,
-					(mode & FMODE_NDELAY_NOW) != 0);
+					(mode & FMODE_NDELAY) != 0);
 	if (ret != -ENODEV)
 		return ret;
 	return scsi_ioctl(sdev, cmd, argp);
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index db831efbdbbd..99e0ae1a4c78 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1135,12 +1135,15 @@ static int blkdev_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
 	if (res)
 		return res;
 
-	if (!(filp->f_mode & FMODE_EXCL))
-		return 0;
+	if (filp->f_mode & FMODE_EXCL) {
+		res = bd_claim(bdev, filp);
+		if (res)
+			goto out_blkdev_put;
+	}
 
-	if (!(res = bd_claim(bdev, filp)))
-		return 0;
+	return 0;
 
+ out_blkdev_put:
 	blkdev_put(bdev, filp->f_mode);
 	return res;
 }
@@ -1203,8 +1206,16 @@ static long block_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	struct block_device *bdev = I_BDEV(file->f_mapping->host);
 	fmode_t mode = file->f_mode;
+
+	/*
+	 * O_NDELAY can be altered using fcntl(.., F_SETFL, ..), so we have
+	 * to updated it before every ioctl.
+	 */
 	if (file->f_flags & O_NDELAY)
-		mode |= FMODE_NDELAY_NOW;
+		mode |= FMODE_NDELAY;
+	else
+		mode &= ~FMODE_NDELAY;
+
 	return blkdev_ioctl(bdev, mode, cmd, arg);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 0dcdd9458f4b..4a853ef6fd35 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -63,23 +63,24 @@ extern int dir_notify_enable;
 #define MAY_ACCESS 16
 #define MAY_OPEN 32
 
-#define FMODE_READ ((__force fmode_t)1)
-#define FMODE_WRITE ((__force fmode_t)2)
-
-/* Internal kernel extensions */
-#define FMODE_LSEEK	((__force fmode_t)4)
-#define FMODE_PREAD	((__force fmode_t)8)
-#define FMODE_PWRITE	FMODE_PREAD	/* These go hand in hand */
-
-/* File is being opened for execution. Primary users of this flag are
-   distributed filesystems that can use it to achieve correct ETXTBUSY
-   behavior for cross-node execution/opening_for_writing of files */
-#define FMODE_EXEC	((__force fmode_t)16)
-
-#define FMODE_NDELAY	((__force fmode_t)32)
-#define FMODE_EXCL	((__force fmode_t)64)
+/* file is open for reading */
+#define FMODE_READ		((__force fmode_t)1)
+/* file is open for writing */
+#define FMODE_WRITE		((__force fmode_t)2)
+/* file is seekable */
+#define FMODE_LSEEK		((__force fmode_t)4)
+/* file can be accessed using pread/pwrite */
+#define FMODE_PREAD		((__force fmode_t)8)
+#define FMODE_PWRITE		FMODE_PREAD	/* These go hand in hand */
+/* File is opened for execution with sys_execve / sys_uselib */
+#define FMODE_EXEC		((__force fmode_t)16)
+/* File is opened with O_NDELAY (only set for block devices) */
+#define FMODE_NDELAY		((__force fmode_t)32)
+/* File is opened with O_EXCL (only set for block devices) */
+#define FMODE_EXCL		((__force fmode_t)64)
+/* File is opened using open(.., 3, ..) and is writeable only for ioctls
+   (specialy hack for floppy.c) */
 #define FMODE_WRITE_IOCTL	((__force fmode_t)128)
-#define FMODE_NDELAY_NOW	((__force fmode_t)256)
 
 #define RW_MASK		1
 #define RWA_MASK	2
diff --git a/kernel/power/swap.c b/kernel/power/swap.c
index b7713b53d07a..6da14358537c 100644
--- a/kernel/power/swap.c
+++ b/kernel/power/swap.c
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ void swsusp_close(fmode_t mode)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	blkdev_put(resume_bdev, mode); /* move up */
+	blkdev_put(resume_bdev, mode);
 }
 
 static int swsusp_header_init(void)