diff --git a/drivers/block/paride/pcd.c b/drivers/block/paride/pcd.c
index 2f2ccf686251..a0aabd904a51 100644
--- a/drivers/block/paride/pcd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/paride/pcd.c
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ static void pcd_init_units(void)
 		disk->first_minor = unit;
 		strcpy(disk->disk_name, cd->name);	/* umm... */
 		disk->fops = &pcd_bdops;
+		disk->flags = GENHD_FL_BLOCK_EVENTS_ON_EXCL_WRITE;
 		disk->events = DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/viocd.c b/drivers/cdrom/viocd.c
index 4e874c5fa605..ae15a4ddaa9b 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/viocd.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/viocd.c
@@ -625,7 +625,8 @@ static int viocd_probe(struct vio_dev *vdev, const struct vio_device_id *id)
 	blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(q, 4096 / 512);
 	gendisk->queue = q;
 	gendisk->fops = &viocd_fops;
-	gendisk->flags = GENHD_FL_CD|GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE;
+	gendisk->flags = GENHD_FL_CD | GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE |
+			 GENHD_FL_BLOCK_EVENTS_ON_EXCL_WRITE;
 	gendisk->events = DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE;
 	set_capacity(gendisk, 0);
 	gendisk->private_data = d;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index fd1e11799137..6e5123b1d341 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -1781,7 +1781,7 @@ static int ide_cd_probe(ide_drive_t *drive)
 
 	ide_cd_read_toc(drive, &sense);
 	g->fops = &idecd_ops;
-	g->flags |= GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE;
+	g->flags |= GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE | GENHD_FL_BLOCK_EVENTS_ON_EXCL_WRITE;
 	g->events = DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE;
 	add_disk(g);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sr.c b/drivers/scsi/sr.c
index 95019c747cc1..4778e2707168 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sr.c
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ static int sr_probe(struct device *dev)
 	disk->first_minor = minor;
 	sprintf(disk->disk_name, "sr%d", minor);
 	disk->fops = &sr_bdops;
-	disk->flags = GENHD_FL_CD;
+	disk->flags = GENHD_FL_CD | GENHD_FL_BLOCK_EVENTS_ON_EXCL_WRITE;
 	disk->events = DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE | DISK_EVENT_EJECT_REQUEST;
 
 	blk_queue_rq_timeout(sdev->request_queue, SR_TIMEOUT);
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 257b00e98428..d7c2e0fddc6f 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1237,6 +1237,8 @@ int blkdev_get(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, void *holder)
 	res = __blkdev_get(bdev, mode, 0);
 
 	if (whole) {
+		struct gendisk *disk = whole->bd_disk;
+
 		/* finish claiming */
 		mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
 		spin_lock(&bdev_lock);
@@ -1263,15 +1265,16 @@ int blkdev_get(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, void *holder)
 		spin_unlock(&bdev_lock);
 
 		/*
-		 * Block event polling for write claims.  Any write
-		 * holder makes the write_holder state stick until all
-		 * are released.  This is good enough and tracking
-		 * individual writeable reference is too fragile given
-		 * the way @mode is used in blkdev_get/put().
+		 * Block event polling for write claims if requested.  Any
+		 * write holder makes the write_holder state stick until
+		 * all are released.  This is good enough and tracking
+		 * individual writeable reference is too fragile given the
+		 * way @mode is used in blkdev_get/put().
 		 */
-		if (!res && (mode & FMODE_WRITE) && !bdev->bd_write_holder) {
+		if ((disk->flags & GENHD_FL_BLOCK_EVENTS_ON_EXCL_WRITE) &&
+		    !res && (mode & FMODE_WRITE) && !bdev->bd_write_holder) {
 			bdev->bd_write_holder = true;
-			disk_block_events(bdev->bd_disk);
+			disk_block_events(disk);
 		}
 
 		mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h
index d764a426e9fd..300d7582006e 100644
--- a/include/linux/genhd.h
+++ b/include/linux/genhd.h
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ struct hd_struct {
 #define GENHD_FL_SUPPRESS_PARTITION_INFO	32
 #define GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT			64 /* allow extended devt */
 #define GENHD_FL_NATIVE_CAPACITY		128
+#define GENHD_FL_BLOCK_EVENTS_ON_EXCL_WRITE	256
 
 enum {
 	DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE			= 1 << 0, /* media changed */