diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index c25639e907bd..44d4a1e9244e 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1523,11 +1523,14 @@ static void __blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(bdev->bd_holders);
 		sync_blockdev(bdev);
 		kill_bdev(bdev);
-		/*
-		 * ->release can cause the queue to disappear, so flush all
-		 * dirty data before.
-		 */
+
 		bdev_write_inode(bdev);
+		/*
+		 * Detaching bdev inode from its wb in __destroy_inode()
+		 * is too late: the queue which embeds its bdi (along with
+		 * root wb) can be gone as soon as we put_disk() below.
+		 */
+		inode_detach_wb(bdev->bd_inode);
 	}
 	if (bdev->bd_contains == bdev) {
 		if (disk->fops->release)