diff --git a/block/partition-generic.c b/block/partition-generic.c
index d06ec1c..6df5d69 100644
--- a/block/partition-generic.c
+++ b/block/partition-generic.c
@@ -389,17 +389,11 @@
 	}
 }
 
-int rescan_partitions(struct gendisk *disk, struct block_device *bdev)
+static int drop_partitions(struct gendisk *disk, struct block_device *bdev)
 {
-	struct parsed_partitions *state = NULL;
 	struct disk_part_iter piter;
 	struct hd_struct *part;
-	int p, highest, res;
-rescan:
-	if (state && !IS_ERR(state)) {
-		kfree(state);
-		state = NULL;
-	}
+	int res;
 
 	if (bdev->bd_part_count)
 		return -EBUSY;
@@ -412,6 +406,24 @@
 		delete_partition(disk, part->partno);
 	disk_part_iter_exit(&piter);
 
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int rescan_partitions(struct gendisk *disk, struct block_device *bdev)
+{
+	struct parsed_partitions *state = NULL;
+	struct hd_struct *part;
+	int p, highest, res;
+rescan:
+	if (state && !IS_ERR(state)) {
+		kfree(state);
+		state = NULL;
+	}
+
+	res = drop_partitions(disk, bdev);
+	if (res)
+		return res;
+
 	if (disk->fops->revalidate_disk)
 		disk->fops->revalidate_disk(disk);
 	check_disk_size_change(disk, bdev);
@@ -515,6 +527,26 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int invalidate_partitions(struct gendisk *disk, struct block_device *bdev)
+{
+	int res;
+
+	if (!bdev->bd_invalidated)
+		return 0;
+
+	res = drop_partitions(disk, bdev);
+	if (res)
+		return res;
+
+	set_capacity(disk, 0);
+	check_disk_size_change(disk, bdev);
+	bdev->bd_invalidated = 0;
+	/* tell userspace that the media / partition table may have changed */
+	kobject_uevent(&disk_to_dev(disk)->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 unsigned char *read_dev_sector(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t n, Sector *p)
 {
 	struct address_space *mapping = bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping;