diff --git a/block/bdev.c b/block/bdev.c
index b9ca947bd5e405..658d5dd62cac0a 100644
--- a/block/bdev.c
+++ b/block/bdev.c
@@ -968,31 +968,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_bdev);
  * to %true the device or media is already gone, if not we are preparing for an
  * orderly removal.
  *
- * This syncs out all dirty data and writes back inodes and then invalidates any
- * cached data in the inodes on the file system, the inodes themselves and the
- * block device mapping.
+ * This calls into the file system, which then typicall syncs out all dirty data
+ * and writes back inodes and then invalidates any cached data in the inodes on
+ * the file system.  In addition we also invalidate the block device mapping.
  */
 void bdev_mark_dead(struct block_device *bdev, bool surprise)
 {
-	struct super_block *sb = get_super(bdev);
-	int res = 0;
+	mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_holder_lock);
+	if (bdev->bd_holder_ops && bdev->bd_holder_ops->mark_dead)
+		bdev->bd_holder_ops->mark_dead(bdev, surprise);
+	else
+		sync_blockdev(bdev);
+	mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_holder_lock);
 
-	if (sb) {
-		if (!surprise)
-			sync_filesystem(sb);
-		/*
-		 * no need to lock the super, get_super holds the
-		 * read mutex so the filesystem cannot go away
-		 * under us (->put_super runs with the write lock
-		 * hold).
-		 */
-		shrink_dcache_sb(sb);
-		res = invalidate_inodes(sb, true);
-		drop_super(sb);
-	} else {
-		if (!surprise)
-			sync_blockdev(bdev);
-	}
 	invalidate_bdev(bdev);
 }
 #ifdef CONFIG_DASD
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index afc2cb09eb94b9..cc32a0c704eb84 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ int __must_check device_add_disk(struct device *parent, struct gendisk *disk,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(device_add_disk);
 
-static void blk_report_disk_dead(struct gendisk *disk)
+static void blk_report_disk_dead(struct gendisk *disk, bool surprise)
 {
 	struct block_device *bdev;
 	unsigned long idx;
@@ -565,10 +565,7 @@ static void blk_report_disk_dead(struct gendisk *disk)
 			continue;
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 
-		mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_holder_lock);
-		if (bdev->bd_holder_ops && bdev->bd_holder_ops->mark_dead)
-			bdev->bd_holder_ops->mark_dead(bdev);
-		mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_holder_lock);
+		bdev_mark_dead(bdev, surprise);
 
 		put_device(&bdev->bd_device);
 		rcu_read_lock();
@@ -576,14 +573,7 @@ static void blk_report_disk_dead(struct gendisk *disk)
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
-/**
- * blk_mark_disk_dead - mark a disk as dead
- * @disk: disk to mark as dead
- *
- * Mark as disk as dead (e.g. surprise removed) and don't accept any new I/O
- * to this disk.
- */
-void blk_mark_disk_dead(struct gendisk *disk)
+static void __blk_mark_disk_dead(struct gendisk *disk)
 {
 	/*
 	 * Fail any new I/O.
@@ -603,8 +593,19 @@ void blk_mark_disk_dead(struct gendisk *disk)
 	 * Prevent new I/O from crossing bio_queue_enter().
 	 */
 	blk_queue_start_drain(disk->queue);
+}
 
-	blk_report_disk_dead(disk);
+/**
+ * blk_mark_disk_dead - mark a disk as dead
+ * @disk: disk to mark as dead
+ *
+ * Mark as disk as dead (e.g. surprise removed) and don't accept any new I/O
+ * to this disk.
+ */
+void blk_mark_disk_dead(struct gendisk *disk)
+{
+	__blk_mark_disk_dead(disk);
+	blk_report_disk_dead(disk, true);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_mark_disk_dead);
 
@@ -641,17 +642,20 @@ void del_gendisk(struct gendisk *disk)
 	disk_del_events(disk);
 
 	/*
-	 * Prevent new openers by unlinked the bdev inode, and write out
-	 * dirty data before marking the disk dead and stopping all I/O.
+	 * Prevent new openers by unlinked the bdev inode.
 	 */
 	mutex_lock(&disk->open_mutex);
-	xa_for_each(&disk->part_tbl, idx, part) {
+	xa_for_each(&disk->part_tbl, idx, part)
 		remove_inode_hash(part->bd_inode);
-		bdev_mark_dead(part, false);
-	}
 	mutex_unlock(&disk->open_mutex);
 
-	blk_mark_disk_dead(disk);
+	/*
+	 * Tell the file system to write back all dirty data and shut down if
+	 * it hasn't been notified earlier.
+	 */
+	if (!test_bit(GD_DEAD, &disk->state))
+		blk_report_disk_dead(disk, false);
+	__blk_mark_disk_dead(disk);
 
 	/*
 	 * Drop all partitions now that the disk is marked dead.
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index bbce0fdebf7e52..94d41040584f7b 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@ static bool lock_active_super(struct super_block *sb)
 	return true;
 }
 
-static void fs_mark_dead(struct block_device *bdev)
+static void fs_bdev_mark_dead(struct block_device *bdev, bool surprise)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = bdev->bd_holder;
 
@@ -1238,6 +1238,10 @@ static void fs_mark_dead(struct block_device *bdev)
 	if (!lock_active_super(sb))
 		return;
 
+	if (!surprise)
+		sync_filesystem(sb);
+	shrink_dcache_sb(sb);
+	invalidate_inodes(sb, true);
 	if (sb->s_op->shutdown)
 		sb->s_op->shutdown(sb);
 
@@ -1245,7 +1249,7 @@ static void fs_mark_dead(struct block_device *bdev)
 }
 
 const struct blk_holder_ops fs_holder_ops = {
-	.mark_dead		= fs_mark_dead,
+	.mark_dead		= fs_bdev_mark_dead,
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fs_holder_ops);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 6721595b9f9741..cdd03c612d3957 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -1461,7 +1461,7 @@ void blkdev_show(struct seq_file *seqf, off_t offset);
 #endif
 
 struct blk_holder_ops {
-	void (*mark_dead)(struct block_device *bdev);
+	void (*mark_dead)(struct block_device *bdev, bool surprise);
 };
 
 extern const struct blk_holder_ops fs_holder_ops;
