diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 0ad879655f82..fcd6d4fae657 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ void device_add_disk(struct device *parent, struct gendisk *disk)
 
 	/* Register BDI before referencing it from bdev */
 	bdi = &disk->queue->backing_dev_info;
-	bdi_register_dev(bdi, disk_devt(disk));
+	bdi_register_owner(bdi, disk_to_dev(disk));
 
 	blk_register_region(disk_devt(disk), disk->minors, NULL,
 			    exact_match, exact_lock, disk);
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
index 3f103076d0bf..c357f27d5483 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ struct backing_dev_info {
 	wait_queue_head_t wb_waitq;
 
 	struct device *dev;
+	struct device *owner;
 
 	struct timer_list laptop_mode_wb_timer;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index 491a91717788..43b93a947e61 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ __printf(3, 4)
 int bdi_register(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct device *parent,
 		const char *fmt, ...);
 int bdi_register_dev(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, dev_t dev);
+int bdi_register_owner(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct device *owner);
 void bdi_unregister(struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
 
 int __must_check bdi_setup_and_register(struct backing_dev_info *, char *);
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index efe237742074..8fde443f36d7 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -825,6 +825,20 @@ int bdi_register_dev(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, dev_t dev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdi_register_dev);
 
+int bdi_register_owner(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct device *owner)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = bdi_register(bdi, NULL, "%u:%u", MAJOR(owner->devt),
+			MINOR(owner->devt));
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+	bdi->owner = owner;
+	get_device(owner);
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdi_register_owner);
+
 /*
  * Remove bdi from bdi_list, and ensure that it is no longer visible
  */
@@ -849,6 +863,11 @@ void bdi_unregister(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 		device_unregister(bdi->dev);
 		bdi->dev = NULL;
 	}
+
+	if (bdi->owner) {
+		put_device(bdi->owner);
+		bdi->owner = NULL;
+	}
 }
 
 void bdi_exit(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)