diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index b26a5ea115d0..94f323842b52 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -681,12 +681,16 @@ void del_gendisk(struct gendisk *disk)
 	disk->flags &= ~GENHD_FL_UP;
 
 	sysfs_remove_link(&disk_to_dev(disk)->kobj, "bdi");
-	/*
-	 * Unregister bdi before releasing device numbers (as they can get
-	 * reused and we'd get clashes in sysfs).
-	 */
-	bdi_unregister(disk->queue->backing_dev_info);
-	blk_unregister_queue(disk);
+	if (disk->queue) {
+		/*
+		 * Unregister bdi before releasing device numbers (as they can
+		 * get reused and we'd get clashes in sysfs).
+		 */
+		bdi_unregister(disk->queue->backing_dev_info);
+		blk_unregister_queue(disk);
+	} else {
+		WARN_ON(1);
+	}
 	blk_unregister_region(disk_devt(disk), disk->minors);
 
 	part_stat_set_all(&disk->part0, 0);