diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 7663a9b94b8002ad710231ec726dfd4cc7c23513..08ff8ca325296ec558ad834050710bbd0de87cdd 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -694,9 +694,7 @@ static inline bool should_fail_request(struct block_device *part,
 
 static inline bool bio_check_ro(struct bio *bio, struct block_device *part)
 {
-	const int op = bio_op(bio);
-
-	if (part->bd_read_only && op_is_write(op)) {
+	if (op_is_write(bio_op(bio)) && bdev_read_only(part)) {
 		char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 
 		if (op_is_flush(bio->bi_opf) && !bio_sectors(bio))
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 484a474648d5b29b74bc3232fc96269c0791e4ee..1873e457132823cf445c1a1d93f539699381797b 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -1637,27 +1637,32 @@ static void set_disk_ro_uevent(struct gendisk *gd, int ro)
 	kobject_uevent_env(&disk_to_dev(gd)->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE, envp);
 }
 
-void set_disk_ro(struct gendisk *disk, int flag)
+/**
+ * set_disk_ro - set a gendisk read-only
+ * @disk:	gendisk to operate on
+ * @ready_only:	%true to set the disk read-only, %false set the disk read/write
+ *
+ * This function is used to indicate whether a given disk device should have its
+ * read-only flag set. set_disk_ro() is typically used by device drivers to
+ * indicate whether the underlying physical device is write-protected.
+ */
+void set_disk_ro(struct gendisk *disk, bool read_only)
 {
-	struct disk_part_iter piter;
-	struct block_device *part;
-
-	if (disk->part0->bd_read_only != flag) {
-		set_disk_ro_uevent(disk, flag);
-		disk->part0->bd_read_only = flag;
+	if (read_only) {
+		if (test_and_set_bit(GD_READ_ONLY, &disk->state))
+			return;
+	} else {
+		if (!test_and_clear_bit(GD_READ_ONLY, &disk->state))
+			return;
 	}
-
-	disk_part_iter_init(&piter, disk, DISK_PITER_INCL_EMPTY);
-	while ((part = disk_part_iter_next(&piter)))
-		part->bd_read_only = flag;
-	disk_part_iter_exit(&piter);
+	set_disk_ro_uevent(disk, read_only);
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_disk_ro);
 
 int bdev_read_only(struct block_device *bdev)
 {
-	return bdev->bd_read_only;
+	return bdev->bd_read_only ||
+		test_bit(GD_READ_ONLY, &bdev->bd_disk->state);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdev_read_only);
 
diff --git a/block/partitions/core.c b/block/partitions/core.c
index e7d776db803b12f7e784235a20fdc5989cbe6cc6..168d5906077cfd8c71e5909c3afb0f2efc49d133 100644
--- a/block/partitions/core.c
+++ b/block/partitions/core.c
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ static ssize_t part_start_show(struct device *dev,
 static ssize_t part_ro_show(struct device *dev,
 			    struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
-	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", dev_to_bdev(dev)->bd_read_only);
+	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", bdev_read_only(dev_to_bdev(dev)));
 }
 
 static ssize_t part_alignment_offset_show(struct device *dev,
@@ -361,7 +361,6 @@ static struct block_device *add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno,
 
 	bdev->bd_start_sect = start;
 	bdev_set_nr_sectors(bdev, len);
-	bdev->bd_read_only = get_disk_ro(disk);
 
 	if (info) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h
index 809aaa32d53cbad90731b53db0c62bda6d6bda49..a62ccbfac54b483af396c3a2d9b3ccace271d48c 100644
--- a/include/linux/genhd.h
+++ b/include/linux/genhd.h
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ struct gendisk {
 	int flags;
 	unsigned long state;
 #define GD_NEED_PART_SCAN		0
+#define GD_READ_ONLY			1
 	struct kobject *slave_dir;
 
 	struct timer_rand_state *random;
@@ -249,11 +250,12 @@ static inline void add_disk_no_queue_reg(struct gendisk *disk)
 extern void del_gendisk(struct gendisk *gp);
 extern struct block_device *bdget_disk(struct gendisk *disk, int partno);
 
-extern void set_disk_ro(struct gendisk *disk, int flag);
+void set_disk_ro(struct gendisk *disk, bool read_only);
 
 static inline int get_disk_ro(struct gendisk *disk)
 {
-	return disk->part0->bd_read_only;
+	return disk->part0->bd_read_only ||
+		test_bit(GD_READ_ONLY, &disk->state);
 }
 
 extern void disk_block_events(struct gendisk *disk);