diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 800f131222fc..855fdf5c3b4e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -250,7 +250,6 @@ static void nbd_dev_remove(struct nbd_device *nbd)
 	struct gendisk *disk = nbd->disk;
 
 	del_gendisk(disk);
-	put_disk(disk);
 	blk_mq_free_tag_set(&nbd->tag_set);
 
 	/*
@@ -261,7 +260,7 @@ static void nbd_dev_remove(struct nbd_device *nbd)
 	idr_remove(&nbd_index_idr, nbd->index);
 	mutex_unlock(&nbd_index_mutex);
 	destroy_workqueue(nbd->recv_workq);
-	kfree(nbd);
+	put_disk(disk);
 }
 
 static void nbd_dev_remove_work(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -1608,6 +1607,13 @@ static void nbd_release(struct gendisk *disk)
 	nbd_put(nbd);
 }
 
+static void nbd_free_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
+{
+	struct nbd_device *nbd = disk->private_data;
+
+	kfree(nbd);
+}
+
 static const struct block_device_operations nbd_fops =
 {
 	.owner =	THIS_MODULE,
@@ -1615,6 +1621,7 @@ static const struct block_device_operations nbd_fops =
 	.release =	nbd_release,
 	.ioctl =	nbd_ioctl,
 	.compat_ioctl =	nbd_ioctl,
+	.free_disk =	nbd_free_disk,
 };
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)