diff --git a/block/bdev.c b/block/bdev.c
index 7a5f611c3d2e..ab9cae0e05f1 100644
--- a/block/bdev.c
+++ b/block/bdev.c
@@ -821,13 +821,11 @@ static void bdev_yield_write_access(struct file *bdev_file)
 		return;
 
 	bdev = file_bdev(bdev_file);
-	/* Yield exclusive or shared write access. */
-	if (bdev_file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) {
-		if (bdev_writes_blocked(bdev))
-			bdev_unblock_writes(bdev);
-		else
-			bdev->bd_writers--;
-	}
+
+	if (bdev_file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE_RESTRICTED)
+		bdev_unblock_writes(bdev);
+	else if (bdev_file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)
+		bdev->bd_writers--;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -907,6 +905,8 @@ int bdev_open(struct block_device *bdev, blk_mode_t mode, void *holder,
 	bdev_file->f_mode |= FMODE_BUF_RASYNC | FMODE_CAN_ODIRECT;
 	if (bdev_nowait(bdev))
 		bdev_file->f_mode |= FMODE_NOWAIT;
+	if (mode & BLK_OPEN_RESTRICT_WRITES)
+		bdev_file->f_mode |= FMODE_WRITE_RESTRICTED;
 	bdev_file->f_mapping = bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping;
 	bdev_file->f_wb_err = filemap_sample_wb_err(bdev_file->f_mapping);
 	bdev_file->private_data = holder;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 00fc429b0af0..8dfd53b52744 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ typedef int (dio_iodone_t)(struct kiocb *iocb, loff_t offset,
 #define FMODE_PWRITE		((__force fmode_t)0x10)
 /* File is opened for execution with sys_execve / sys_uselib */
 #define FMODE_EXEC		((__force fmode_t)0x20)
+/* File writes are restricted (block device specific) */
+#define FMODE_WRITE_RESTRICTED  ((__force fmode_t)0x40)
 /* 32bit hashes as llseek() offset (for directories) */
 #define FMODE_32BITHASH         ((__force fmode_t)0x200)
 /* 64bit hashes as llseek() offset (for directories) */