diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
index 467149f3bcc5..a10a3c78f4ff 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
@@ -797,7 +797,9 @@ static void bcache_device_free(struct bcache_device *d)
 		bcache_device_detach(d);
 
 	if (disk) {
-		if (disk->flags & GENHD_FL_UP)
+		bool disk_added = (disk->flags & GENHD_FL_UP) != 0;
+
+		if (disk_added)
 			del_gendisk(disk);
 
 		if (disk->queue)
@@ -805,7 +807,8 @@ static void bcache_device_free(struct bcache_device *d)
 
 		ida_simple_remove(&bcache_device_idx,
 				  first_minor_to_idx(disk->first_minor));
-		put_disk(disk);
+		if (disk_added)
+			put_disk(disk);
 	}
 
 	bioset_exit(&d->bio_split);