diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c
index 9c5f637ff153..3c475e4166e9 100644
--- a/block/ioctl.c
+++ b/block/ioctl.c
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ static int blkpg_do_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev,
 	struct blkpg_partition p;
 	long long start, length;
 
+	if (disk->flags & GENHD_FL_NO_PART)
+		return -EINVAL;
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EACCES;
 	if (copy_from_user(&p, upart, sizeof(struct blkpg_partition)))