diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 610e8e0..6ff7f07 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1447,6 +1447,8 @@
 
 int blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode)
 {
+	mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
+
 	if (mode & FMODE_EXCL) {
 		bool bdev_free;
 
@@ -1455,7 +1457,6 @@
 		 * are protected with bdev_lock.  bd_mutex is to
 		 * synchronize disk_holder unlinking.
 		 */
-		mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
 		spin_lock(&bdev_lock);
 
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(--bdev->bd_holders < 0);
@@ -1473,17 +1474,21 @@
 		 * If this was the last claim, remove holder link and
 		 * unblock evpoll if it was a write holder.
 		 */
-		if (bdev_free) {
-			if (bdev->bd_write_holder) {
-				disk_unblock_events(bdev->bd_disk);
-				disk_check_events(bdev->bd_disk);
-				bdev->bd_write_holder = false;
-			}
+		if (bdev_free && bdev->bd_write_holder) {
+			disk_unblock_events(bdev->bd_disk);
+			bdev->bd_write_holder = false;
 		}
-
-		mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Trigger event checking and tell drivers to flush MEDIA_CHANGE
+	 * event.  This is to ensure detection of media removal commanded
+	 * from userland - e.g. eject(1).
+	 */
+	disk_flush_events(bdev->bd_disk, DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
+
 	return __blkdev_put(bdev, mode, 0);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blkdev_put);