diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index af6cba2a9332..1a51a9ad1035 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -1731,7 +1731,7 @@ struct gendisk *__alloc_disk_node(int minors, int node_id)
 		 * TODO: Ideally set_capacity() and get_capacity() should be
 		 * converted to make use of bd_mutex and sequence counters.
 		 */
-		seqcount_init(&disk->part0.nr_sects_seq);
+		hd_sects_seq_init(&disk->part0);
 		if (hd_ref_init(&disk->part0)) {
 			hd_free_part(&disk->part0);
 			kfree(disk);
diff --git a/block/partitions/core.c b/block/partitions/core.c
index 8d8c87207fc2..297004fd2264 100644
--- a/block/partitions/core.c
+++ b/block/partitions/core.c
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ static struct hd_struct *add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno,
 		goto out_free;
 	}
 
-	seqcount_init(&p->nr_sects_seq);
+	hd_sects_seq_init(p);
 	pdev = part_to_dev(p);
 
 	p->start_sect = start;
diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h
index f9c226f9546a..b4744035ae58 100644
--- a/include/linux/genhd.h
+++ b/include/linux/genhd.h
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ struct hd_struct {
 	 * can be non-atomic on 32bit machines with 64bit sector_t.
 	 */
 	sector_t nr_sects;
+#if BITS_PER_LONG==32 && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
 	seqcount_t nr_sects_seq;
+#endif
 	sector_t alignment_offset;
 	unsigned int discard_alignment;
 	struct device __dev;
@@ -274,6 +276,13 @@ static inline void disk_put_part(struct hd_struct *part)
 		put_device(part_to_dev(part));
 }
 
+static inline void hd_sects_seq_init(struct hd_struct *p)
+{
+#if BITS_PER_LONG==32 && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
+	seqcount_init(&p->nr_sects_seq);
+#endif
+}
+
 /*
  * Smarter partition iterator without context limits.
  */