diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 44c9985f352abd..3036883fc9f878 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -924,6 +924,7 @@ static int loop_set_fd(struct loop_device *lo, fmode_t mode,
 	struct file	*file;
 	struct inode	*inode;
 	struct address_space *mapping;
+	struct block_device *claimed_bdev = NULL;
 	int		lo_flags = 0;
 	int		error;
 	loff_t		size;
@@ -942,10 +943,11 @@ static int loop_set_fd(struct loop_device *lo, fmode_t mode,
 	 * here to avoid changing device under exclusive owner.
 	 */
 	if (!(mode & FMODE_EXCL)) {
-		bdgrab(bdev);
-		error = blkdev_get(bdev, mode | FMODE_EXCL, loop_set_fd);
-		if (error)
+		claimed_bdev = bd_start_claiming(bdev, loop_set_fd);
+		if (IS_ERR(claimed_bdev)) {
+			error = PTR_ERR(claimed_bdev);
 			goto out_putf;
+		}
 	}
 
 	error = mutex_lock_killable(&loop_ctl_mutex);
@@ -1015,15 +1017,15 @@ static int loop_set_fd(struct loop_device *lo, fmode_t mode,
 	mutex_unlock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
 	if (partscan)
 		loop_reread_partitions(lo, bdev);
-	if (!(mode & FMODE_EXCL))
-		blkdev_put(bdev, mode | FMODE_EXCL);
+	if (claimed_bdev)
+		bd_abort_claiming(bdev, claimed_bdev, loop_set_fd);
 	return 0;
 
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
 out_bdev:
-	if (!(mode & FMODE_EXCL))
-		blkdev_put(bdev, mode | FMODE_EXCL);
+	if (claimed_bdev)
+		bd_abort_claiming(bdev, claimed_bdev, loop_set_fd);
 out_putf:
 	fput(file);
 out:
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index c2a85b587922d9..22591bad9353f4 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1181,8 +1181,7 @@ static struct gendisk *bdev_get_gendisk(struct block_device *bdev, int *partno)
  * Pointer to the block device containing @bdev on success, ERR_PTR()
  * value on failure.
  */
-static struct block_device *bd_start_claiming(struct block_device *bdev,
-					      void *holder)
+struct block_device *bd_start_claiming(struct block_device *bdev, void *holder)
 {
 	struct gendisk *disk;
 	struct block_device *whole;
@@ -1229,6 +1228,62 @@ static struct block_device *bd_start_claiming(struct block_device *bdev,
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 	}
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bd_start_claiming);
+
+static void bd_clear_claiming(struct block_device *whole, void *holder)
+{
+	lockdep_assert_held(&bdev_lock);
+	/* tell others that we're done */
+	BUG_ON(whole->bd_claiming != holder);
+	whole->bd_claiming = NULL;
+	wake_up_bit(&whole->bd_claiming, 0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * bd_finish_claiming - finish claiming of a block device
+ * @bdev: block device of interest
+ * @whole: whole block device (returned from bd_start_claiming())
+ * @holder: holder that has claimed @bdev
+ *
+ * Finish exclusive open of a block device. Mark the device as exlusively
+ * open by the holder and wake up all waiters for exclusive open to finish.
+ */
+void bd_finish_claiming(struct block_device *bdev, struct block_device *whole,
+			void *holder)
+{
+	spin_lock(&bdev_lock);
+	BUG_ON(!bd_may_claim(bdev, whole, holder));
+	/*
+	 * Note that for a whole device bd_holders will be incremented twice,
+	 * and bd_holder will be set to bd_may_claim before being set to holder
+	 */
+	whole->bd_holders++;
+	whole->bd_holder = bd_may_claim;
+	bdev->bd_holders++;
+	bdev->bd_holder = holder;
+	bd_clear_claiming(whole, holder);
+	spin_unlock(&bdev_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bd_finish_claiming);
+
+/**
+ * bd_abort_claiming - abort claiming of a block device
+ * @bdev: block device of interest
+ * @whole: whole block device (returned from bd_start_claiming())
+ * @holder: holder that has claimed @bdev
+ *
+ * Abort claiming of a block device when the exclusive open failed. This can be
+ * also used when exclusive open is not actually desired and we just needed
+ * to block other exclusive openers for a while.
+ */
+void bd_abort_claiming(struct block_device *bdev, struct block_device *whole,
+		       void *holder)
+{
+	spin_lock(&bdev_lock);
+	bd_clear_claiming(whole, holder);
+	spin_unlock(&bdev_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bd_abort_claiming);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
 struct bd_holder_disk {
@@ -1698,29 +1753,7 @@ int blkdev_get(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, void *holder)
 
 		/* finish claiming */
 		mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
-		spin_lock(&bdev_lock);
-
-		if (!res) {
-			BUG_ON(!bd_may_claim(bdev, whole, holder));
-			/*
-			 * Note that for a whole device bd_holders
-			 * will be incremented twice, and bd_holder
-			 * will be set to bd_may_claim before being
-			 * set to holder
-			 */
-			whole->bd_holders++;
-			whole->bd_holder = bd_may_claim;
-			bdev->bd_holders++;
-			bdev->bd_holder = holder;
-		}
-
-		/* tell others that we're done */
-		BUG_ON(whole->bd_claiming != holder);
-		whole->bd_claiming = NULL;
-		wake_up_bit(&whole->bd_claiming, 0);
-
-		spin_unlock(&bdev_lock);
-
+		bd_finish_claiming(bdev, whole, holder);
 		/*
 		 * Block event polling for write claims if requested.  Any
 		 * write holder makes the write_holder state stick until
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 56b8e358af5c1e..997a530ff4e9d0 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2598,6 +2598,12 @@ extern struct block_device *blkdev_get_by_path(const char *path, fmode_t mode,
 					       void *holder);
 extern struct block_device *blkdev_get_by_dev(dev_t dev, fmode_t mode,
 					      void *holder);
+extern struct block_device *bd_start_claiming(struct block_device *bdev,
+					      void *holder);
+extern void bd_finish_claiming(struct block_device *bdev,
+			       struct block_device *whole, void *holder);
+extern void bd_abort_claiming(struct block_device *bdev,
+			      struct block_device *whole, void *holder);
 extern void blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode);
 extern int __blkdev_reread_part(struct block_device *bdev);
 extern int blkdev_reread_part(struct block_device *bdev);