diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index 84e064ffee52..c4804f3465db 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ static void virtblk_remove(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	/* Stop all the virtqueues. */
 	vdev->config->reset(vdev);
 
+	del_gendisk(vblk->disk);
 	blk_cleanup_queue(vblk->disk->queue);
 	put_disk(vblk->disk);
 	mempool_destroy(vblk->pool);