diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 9d060e79eb31d8..7b56203c90a303 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ static void register_disk(struct device *parent, struct gendisk *disk,
 	if (!bdev)
 		goto exit;
 
-	set_bit(BDEV_NEED_PART_SCAN, &bdev->bd_flags);
+	set_bit(GD_NEED_PART_SCAN, &disk->state);
 	err = blkdev_get(bdev, FMODE_READ, NULL);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto exit;
@@ -2112,7 +2112,7 @@ bool bdev_check_media_change(struct block_device *bdev)
 	if (__invalidate_device(bdev, true))
 		pr_warn("VFS: busy inodes on changed media %s\n",
 			bdev->bd_disk->disk_name);
-	set_bit(BDEV_NEED_PART_SCAN, &bdev->bd_flags);
+	set_bit(GD_NEED_PART_SCAN, &bdev->bd_disk->state);
 	return true;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdev_check_media_change);
diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 15eed210feeff4..2dca0aab0a9a25 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ static void nbd_size_update(struct nbd_device *nbd)
 			bd_set_nr_sectors(bdev, nr_sectors);
 			set_blocksize(bdev, config->blksize);
 		} else
-			set_bit(BDEV_NEED_PART_SCAN, &bdev->bd_flags);
+			set_bit(GD_NEED_PART_SCAN, &nbd->disk->state);
 		bdput(bdev);
 	}
 	kobject_uevent(&nbd_to_dev(nbd)->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE);
@@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ static int nbd_start_device_ioctl(struct nbd_device *nbd, struct block_device *b
 		return ret;
 
 	if (max_part)
-		set_bit(BDEV_NEED_PART_SCAN, &bdev->bd_flags);
+		set_bit(GD_NEED_PART_SCAN, &nbd->disk->state);
 	mutex_unlock(&nbd->config_lock);
 	ret = wait_event_interruptible(config->recv_wq,
 					 atomic_read(&config->recv_threads) == 0);
@@ -1500,9 +1500,9 @@ static int nbd_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode)
 		refcount_set(&nbd->config_refs, 1);
 		refcount_inc(&nbd->refs);
 		mutex_unlock(&nbd->config_lock);
-		set_bit(BDEV_NEED_PART_SCAN, &bdev->bd_flags);
+		set_bit(GD_NEED_PART_SCAN, &bdev->bd_disk->state);
 	} else if (nbd_disconnected(nbd->config)) {
-		set_bit(BDEV_NEED_PART_SCAN, &bdev->bd_flags);
+		set_bit(GD_NEED_PART_SCAN, &bdev->bd_disk->state);
 	}
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&nbd_index_mutex);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-gd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-gd.c
index 661e2aa9c96784..e2b6c82586ce8b 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-gd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-gd.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ static int ide_gd_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode)
 				bdev->bd_disk->disk_name);
 		drive->disk_ops->get_capacity(drive);
 		set_capacity(disk, ide_gd_capacity(drive));
-		set_bit(BDEV_NEED_PART_SCAN, &bdev->bd_flags);
+		set_bit(GD_NEED_PART_SCAN, &disk->state);
 	} else if (drive->dev_flags & IDE_DFLAG_FORMAT_IN_PROGRESS) {
 		ret = -EBUSY;
 		goto out_put_idkp;
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 0b34955b9e360f..1a9325f4315769 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -910,7 +910,6 @@ struct block_device *bdget(dev_t dev)
 		bdev->bd_super = NULL;
 		bdev->bd_inode = inode;
 		bdev->bd_part_count = 0;
-		bdev->bd_flags = 0;
 		inode->i_mode = S_IFBLK;
 		inode->i_rdev = dev;
 		inode->i_bdev = bdev;
@@ -1385,7 +1384,7 @@ int bdev_disk_changed(struct block_device *bdev, bool invalidate)
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&bdev->bd_mutex);
 
-	clear_bit(BDEV_NEED_PART_SCAN, &bdev->bd_flags);
+	clear_bit(GD_NEED_PART_SCAN, &bdev->bd_disk->state);
 
 rescan:
 	ret = blk_drop_partitions(bdev);
@@ -1509,7 +1508,7 @@ static int __blkdev_get(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, void *holder,
 			 * The latter is necessary to prevent ghost
 			 * partitions on a removed medium.
 			 */
-			if (test_bit(BDEV_NEED_PART_SCAN, &bdev->bd_flags) &&
+			if (test_bit(GD_NEED_PART_SCAN, &disk->state) &&
 			    (!ret || ret == -ENOMEDIUM))
 				bdev_disk_changed(bdev, ret == -ENOMEDIUM);
 
@@ -1539,7 +1538,7 @@ static int __blkdev_get(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, void *holder,
 			if (bdev->bd_disk->fops->open)
 				ret = bdev->bd_disk->fops->open(bdev, mode);
 			/* the same as first opener case, read comment there */
-			if (test_bit(BDEV_NEED_PART_SCAN, &bdev->bd_flags) &&
+			if (test_bit(GD_NEED_PART_SCAN, &disk->state) &&
 			    (!ret || ret == -ENOMEDIUM))
 				bdev_disk_changed(bdev, ret == -ENOMEDIUM);
 			if (ret)
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
index 6ffa783e16335e..eb20e28184ab19 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ struct cgroup_subsys_state;
 typedef void (bio_end_io_t) (struct bio *);
 struct bio_crypt_ctx;
 
-#define BDEV_NEED_PART_SCAN		0
-
 struct block_device {
 	dev_t			bd_dev;
 	int			bd_openers;
@@ -39,7 +37,7 @@ struct block_device {
 	struct hd_struct *	bd_part;
 	/* number of times partitions within this device have been opened. */
 	unsigned		bd_part_count;
-	unsigned long		bd_flags;
+
 	spinlock_t		bd_size_lock; /* for bd_inode->i_size updates */
 	struct gendisk *	bd_disk;
 	struct backing_dev_info *bd_bdi;
diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h
index 1c97cf84f011a7..38f23d75701379 100644
--- a/include/linux/genhd.h
+++ b/include/linux/genhd.h
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ struct gendisk {
 	void *private_data;
 
 	int flags;
+	unsigned long state;
+#define GD_NEED_PART_SCAN		0
 	struct rw_semaphore lookup_sem;
 	struct kobject *slave_dir;
 
