diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 99e0ae1a4c78..349a26c10001 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -326,12 +326,13 @@ static struct file_system_type bd_type = {
 	.kill_sb	= kill_anon_super,
 };
 
-static struct vfsmount *bd_mnt __read_mostly;
-struct super_block *blockdev_superblock;
+struct super_block *blockdev_superblock __read_mostly;
 
 void __init bdev_cache_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
+	struct vfsmount *bd_mnt;
+
 	bdev_cachep = kmem_cache_create("bdev_cache", sizeof(struct bdev_inode),
 			0, (SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|
 				SLAB_MEM_SPREAD|SLAB_PANIC),
@@ -373,7 +374,7 @@ struct block_device *bdget(dev_t dev)
 	struct block_device *bdev;
 	struct inode *inode;
 
-	inode = iget5_locked(bd_mnt->mnt_sb, hash(dev),
+	inode = iget5_locked(blockdev_superblock, hash(dev),
 			bdev_test, bdev_set, &dev);
 
 	if (!inode)
@@ -463,7 +464,7 @@ void bd_forget(struct inode *inode)
 
 	spin_lock(&bdev_lock);
 	if (inode->i_bdev) {
-		if (inode->i_sb != blockdev_superblock)
+		if (!sb_is_blkdev_sb(inode->i_sb))
 			bdev = inode->i_bdev;
 		__bd_forget(inode);
 	}