diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index 8f905089b72b..6971a12e8b9b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -977,8 +977,10 @@ static void backend_changed(struct xenbus_device *dev,
 		break;
 
 	case XenbusStateClosing:
-		if (info->gd == NULL)
-			xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, -ENODEV, "gd is NULL");
+		if (info->gd == NULL) {
+			xenbus_frontend_closed(dev);
+			break;
+		}
 		bd = bdget_disk(info->gd, 0);
 		if (bd == NULL)
 			xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, -ENODEV, "bdget failed");