diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index fe202a12eec096..a964e7532fedd5 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -673,7 +673,8 @@ static void register_disk(struct device *parent, struct gendisk *disk,
 	 */
 	pm_runtime_set_memalloc_noio(ddev, true);
 
-	disk->part0.holder_dir = kobject_create_and_add("holders", &ddev->kobj);
+	disk->part0.bdev->bd_holder_dir =
+			kobject_create_and_add("holders", &ddev->kobj);
 	disk->slave_dir = kobject_create_and_add("slaves", &ddev->kobj);
 
 	if (disk->flags & GENHD_FL_HIDDEN) {
@@ -879,7 +880,7 @@ void del_gendisk(struct gendisk *disk)
 
 	blk_unregister_queue(disk);
 
-	kobject_put(disk->part0.holder_dir);
+	kobject_put(disk->part0.bdev->bd_holder_dir);
 	kobject_put(disk->slave_dir);
 
 	part_stat_set_all(&disk->part0, 0);
diff --git a/block/partitions/core.c b/block/partitions/core.c
index 07df9ff554627f..c068471fa654f5 100644
--- a/block/partitions/core.c
+++ b/block/partitions/core.c
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ void delete_partition(struct hd_struct *part)
 	 */
 	get_device(disk_to_dev(disk));
 	rcu_assign_pointer(ptbl->part[part->partno], NULL);
-	kobject_put(part->holder_dir);
+	kobject_put(part->bdev->bd_holder_dir);
 	device_del(part_to_dev(part));
 
 	/*
@@ -452,8 +452,8 @@ static struct hd_struct *add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno,
 		goto out_put;
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
-	p->holder_dir = kobject_create_and_add("holders", &pdev->kobj);
-	if (!p->holder_dir)
+	bdev->bd_holder_dir = kobject_create_and_add("holders", &pdev->kobj);
+	if (!bdev->bd_holder_dir)
 		goto out_del;
 
 	dev_set_uevent_suppress(pdev, 0);
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ static struct hd_struct *add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno,
 out_remove_file:
 	device_remove_file(pdev, &dev_attr_whole_disk);
 out_del:
-	kobject_put(p->holder_dir);
+	kobject_put(bdev->bd_holder_dir);
 	device_del(pdev);
 out_put:
 	put_device(pdev);
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 0770f654b09cdf..381c22426f435b 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1142,7 +1142,7 @@ int bd_link_disk_holder(struct block_device *bdev, struct gendisk *disk)
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!bdev->bd_holder);
 
 	/* FIXME: remove the following once add_disk() handles errors */
-	if (WARN_ON(!disk->slave_dir || !bdev->bd_part->holder_dir))
+	if (WARN_ON(!disk->slave_dir || !bdev->bd_holder_dir))
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	holder = bd_find_holder_disk(bdev, disk);
@@ -1165,14 +1165,14 @@ int bd_link_disk_holder(struct block_device *bdev, struct gendisk *disk)
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_free;
 
-	ret = add_symlink(bdev->bd_part->holder_dir, &disk_to_dev(disk)->kobj);
+	ret = add_symlink(bdev->bd_holder_dir, &disk_to_dev(disk)->kobj);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_del;
 	/*
 	 * bdev could be deleted beneath us which would implicitly destroy
 	 * the holder directory.  Hold on to it.
 	 */
-	kobject_get(bdev->bd_part->holder_dir);
+	kobject_get(bdev->bd_holder_dir);
 
 	list_add(&holder->list, &bdev->bd_holder_disks);
 	goto out_unlock;
@@ -1207,9 +1207,8 @@ void bd_unlink_disk_holder(struct block_device *bdev, struct gendisk *disk)
 
 	if (!WARN_ON_ONCE(holder == NULL) && !--holder->refcnt) {
 		del_symlink(disk->slave_dir, bdev_kobj(bdev));
-		del_symlink(bdev->bd_part->holder_dir,
-			    &disk_to_dev(disk)->kobj);
-		kobject_put(bdev->bd_part->holder_dir);
+		del_symlink(bdev->bd_holder_dir, &disk_to_dev(disk)->kobj);
+		kobject_put(bdev->bd_holder_dir);
 		list_del_init(&holder->list);
 		kfree(holder);
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
index 2f8ede04e5a94c..c0591e52d7d7ce 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ struct block_device {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
 	struct list_head	bd_holder_disks;
 #endif
+	struct kobject		*bd_holder_dir;
 	u8			bd_partno;
 	struct hd_struct *	bd_part;
 	/* number of times partitions within this device have been opened. */
diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h
index 30d7076155b4d2..b4a5c05593b99c 100644
--- a/include/linux/genhd.h
+++ b/include/linux/genhd.h
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ struct hd_struct {
 
 	struct block_device *bdev;
 	struct device __dev;
-	struct kobject *holder_dir;
 	int policy, partno;
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST
 	int make_it_fail;
