diff --git a/drivers/block/brd.c b/drivers/block/brd.c
index a8730cc4db10..220c5e18aba0 100644
--- a/drivers/block/brd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/brd.c
@@ -473,6 +473,25 @@ static struct kobject *brd_probe(dev_t dev, int *part, void *data)
 	return kobj;
 }
 
+static inline void brd_check_and_reset_par(void)
+{
+	if (unlikely(!max_part))
+		max_part = 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * make sure 'max_part' can be divided exactly by (1U << MINORBITS),
+	 * otherwise, it is possiable to get same dev_t when adding partitions.
+	 */
+	if ((1U << MINORBITS) % max_part != 0)
+		max_part = 1UL << fls(max_part);
+
+	if (max_part > DISK_MAX_PARTS) {
+		pr_info("brd: max_part can't be larger than %d, reset max_part = %d.\n",
+			DISK_MAX_PARTS, DISK_MAX_PARTS);
+		max_part = DISK_MAX_PARTS;
+	}
+}
+
 static int __init brd_init(void)
 {
 	struct brd_device *brd, *next;
@@ -496,8 +515,7 @@ static int __init brd_init(void)
 	if (register_blkdev(RAMDISK_MAJOR, "ramdisk"))
 		return -EIO;
 
-	if (unlikely(!max_part))
-		max_part = 1;
+	brd_check_and_reset_par();
 
 	for (i = 0; i < rd_nr; i++) {
 		brd = brd_alloc(i);