diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c
index 66e6f1a..2ed9636 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
@@ -788,7 +788,6 @@ int blkg_conf_prep(struct blkcg *blkcg, const struct blkcg_policy *pol,
 {
 	struct gendisk *disk;
 	struct blkcg_gq *blkg;
-	struct module *owner;
 	unsigned int major, minor;
 	int key_len, part, ret;
 	char *body;
@@ -805,9 +804,7 @@ int blkg_conf_prep(struct blkcg *blkcg, const struct blkcg_policy *pol,
 	if (!disk)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	if (part) {
-		owner = disk->fops->owner;
-		put_disk(disk);
-		module_put(owner);
+		put_gendisk(disk);
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
@@ -823,9 +820,7 @@ int blkg_conf_prep(struct blkcg *blkcg, const struct blkcg_policy *pol,
 		ret = PTR_ERR(blkg);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		spin_unlock_irq(disk->queue->queue_lock);
-		owner = disk->fops->owner;
-		put_disk(disk);
-		module_put(owner);
+		put_gendisk(disk);
 		/*
 		 * If queue was bypassing, we should retry.  Do so after a
 		 * short msleep().  It isn't strictly necessary but queue
@@ -856,13 +851,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blkg_conf_prep);
 void blkg_conf_finish(struct blkg_conf_ctx *ctx)
 	__releases(ctx->disk->queue->queue_lock) __releases(rcu)
 {
-	struct module *owner;
-
 	spin_unlock_irq(ctx->disk->queue->queue_lock);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
-	owner = ctx->disk->fops->owner;
-	put_disk(ctx->disk);
-	module_put(owner);
+	put_gendisk(ctx->disk);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blkg_conf_finish);
 
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 7b9cd49..dc2ea76 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/blkpg.h>
 #include <linux/magic.h>
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
@@ -870,8 +869,7 @@ static struct block_device *bd_start_claiming(struct block_device *bdev,
 	else
 		whole = bdgrab(bdev);
 
-	module_put(disk->fops->owner);
-	put_disk(disk);
+	put_gendisk(disk);
 	if (!whole)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
@@ -1167,7 +1165,6 @@ static void __blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part);
 static int __blkdev_get(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
 {
 	struct gendisk *disk;
-	struct module *owner;
 	int ret;
 	int partno;
 	int perm = 0;
@@ -1193,7 +1190,6 @@ static int __blkdev_get(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
 	disk = get_gendisk(bdev->bd_dev, &partno);
 	if (!disk)
 		goto out;
-	owner = disk->fops->owner;
 
 	disk_block_events(disk);
 	mutex_lock_nested(&bdev->bd_mutex, for_part);
@@ -1222,8 +1218,7 @@ static int __blkdev_get(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
 					bdev->bd_queue = NULL;
 					mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
 					disk_unblock_events(disk);
-					put_disk(disk);
-					module_put(owner);
+					put_gendisk(disk);
 					goto restart;
 				}
 			}
@@ -1285,9 +1280,8 @@ static int __blkdev_get(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
 			if (ret)
 				goto out_unlock_bdev;
 		}
-		/* only one opener holds refs to the module and disk */
-		put_disk(disk);
-		module_put(owner);
+		/* only one opener holds refs to the disk */
+		put_gendisk(disk);
 	}
 	bdev->bd_openers++;
 	if (for_part)
@@ -1307,8 +1301,7 @@ static int __blkdev_get(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
  out_unlock_bdev:
 	mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
 	disk_unblock_events(disk);
-	put_disk(disk);
-	module_put(owner);
+	put_gendisk(disk);
  out:
 	bdput(bdev);
 
@@ -1525,7 +1518,7 @@ static void __blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
 		/*
 		 * Detaching bdev inode from its wb in __destroy_inode()
 		 * is too late: the queue which embeds its bdi (along with
-		 * root wb) can be gone as soon as we put_disk() below.
+		 * root wb) can be gone as soon as we put_gendisk() below.
 		 */
 		inode_detach_wb(bdev->bd_inode);
 	}
@@ -1534,8 +1527,6 @@ static void __blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
 			disk->fops->release(disk, mode);
 	}
 	if (!bdev->bd_openers) {
-		struct module *owner = disk->fops->owner;
-
 		disk_put_part(bdev->bd_part);
 		bdev->bd_part = NULL;
 		bdev->bd_disk = NULL;
@@ -1543,8 +1534,7 @@ static void __blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
 			victim = bdev->bd_contains;
 		bdev->bd_contains = NULL;
 
-		put_disk(disk);
-		module_put(owner);
+		put_gendisk(disk);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
 	bdput(bdev);
