struct file     *file;
        struct inode    *inode;
        struct address_space *mapping;
+       struct block_device *claimed_bdev = NULL;
        int             lo_flags = 0;
        int             error;
        loff_t          size;
         * here to avoid changing device under exclusive owner.
         */
        if (!(mode & FMODE_EXCL)) {
-               bdgrab(bdev);
-               error = blkdev_get(bdev, mode | FMODE_EXCL, loop_set_fd);
-               if (error)
+               claimed_bdev = bd_start_claiming(bdev, loop_set_fd);
+               if (IS_ERR(claimed_bdev)) {
+                       error = PTR_ERR(claimed_bdev);
                        goto out_putf;
+               }
        }
 
        error = mutex_lock_killable(&loop_ctl_mutex);
        mutex_unlock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
        if (partscan)
                loop_reread_partitions(lo, bdev);
-       if (!(mode & FMODE_EXCL))
-               blkdev_put(bdev, mode | FMODE_EXCL);
+       if (claimed_bdev)
+               bd_abort_claiming(bdev, claimed_bdev, loop_set_fd);
        return 0;
 
 out_unlock:
        mutex_unlock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
 out_bdev:
-       if (!(mode & FMODE_EXCL))
-               blkdev_put(bdev, mode | FMODE_EXCL);
+       if (claimed_bdev)
+               bd_abort_claiming(bdev, claimed_bdev, loop_set_fd);
 out_putf:
        fput(file);
 out:
 
  * Pointer to the block device containing @bdev on success, ERR_PTR()
  * value on failure.
  */
-static struct block_device *bd_start_claiming(struct block_device *bdev,
-                                             void *holder)
+struct block_device *bd_start_claiming(struct block_device *bdev, void *holder)
 {
        struct gendisk *disk;
        struct block_device *whole;
                return ERR_PTR(err);
        }
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bd_start_claiming);
+
+static void bd_clear_claiming(struct block_device *whole, void *holder)
+{
+       lockdep_assert_held(&bdev_lock);
+       /* tell others that we're done */
+       BUG_ON(whole->bd_claiming != holder);
+       whole->bd_claiming = NULL;
+       wake_up_bit(&whole->bd_claiming, 0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * bd_finish_claiming - finish claiming of a block device
+ * @bdev: block device of interest
+ * @whole: whole block device (returned from bd_start_claiming())
+ * @holder: holder that has claimed @bdev
+ *
+ * Finish exclusive open of a block device. Mark the device as exlusively
+ * open by the holder and wake up all waiters for exclusive open to finish.
+ */
+void bd_finish_claiming(struct block_device *bdev, struct block_device *whole,
+                       void *holder)
+{
+       spin_lock(&bdev_lock);
+       BUG_ON(!bd_may_claim(bdev, whole, holder));
+       /*
+        * Note that for a whole device bd_holders will be incremented twice,
+        * and bd_holder will be set to bd_may_claim before being set to holder
+        */
+       whole->bd_holders++;
+       whole->bd_holder = bd_may_claim;
+       bdev->bd_holders++;
+       bdev->bd_holder = holder;
+       bd_clear_claiming(whole, holder);
+       spin_unlock(&bdev_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bd_finish_claiming);
+
+/**
+ * bd_abort_claiming - abort claiming of a block device
+ * @bdev: block device of interest
+ * @whole: whole block device (returned from bd_start_claiming())
+ * @holder: holder that has claimed @bdev
+ *
+ * Abort claiming of a block device when the exclusive open failed. This can be
+ * also used when exclusive open is not actually desired and we just needed
+ * to block other exclusive openers for a while.
+ */
+void bd_abort_claiming(struct block_device *bdev, struct block_device *whole,
+                      void *holder)
+{
+       spin_lock(&bdev_lock);
+       bd_clear_claiming(whole, holder);
+       spin_unlock(&bdev_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bd_abort_claiming);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
 struct bd_holder_disk {
 
                /* finish claiming */
                mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
-               spin_lock(&bdev_lock);
-
-               if (!res) {
-                       BUG_ON(!bd_may_claim(bdev, whole, holder));
-                       /*
-                        * Note that for a whole device bd_holders
-                        * will be incremented twice, and bd_holder
-                        * will be set to bd_may_claim before being
-                        * set to holder
-                        */
-                       whole->bd_holders++;
-                       whole->bd_holder = bd_may_claim;
-                       bdev->bd_holders++;
-                       bdev->bd_holder = holder;
-               }
-
-               /* tell others that we're done */
-               BUG_ON(whole->bd_claiming != holder);
-               whole->bd_claiming = NULL;
-               wake_up_bit(&whole->bd_claiming, 0);
-
-               spin_unlock(&bdev_lock);
-
+               bd_finish_claiming(bdev, whole, holder);
                /*
                 * Block event polling for write claims if requested.  Any
                 * write holder makes the write_holder state stick until
 
                                               void *holder);
 extern struct block_device *blkdev_get_by_dev(dev_t dev, fmode_t mode,
                                              void *holder);
+extern struct block_device *bd_start_claiming(struct block_device *bdev,
+                                             void *holder);
+extern void bd_finish_claiming(struct block_device *bdev,
+                              struct block_device *whole, void *holder);
+extern void bd_abort_claiming(struct block_device *bdev,
+                             struct block_device *whole, void *holder);
 extern void blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode);
 extern int __blkdev_reread_part(struct block_device *bdev);
 extern int blkdev_reread_part(struct block_device *bdev);