} else {
                if (dev->pr_registered) {
                        const struct pr_ops *ops =
-                               dev->bdev->bd_disk->fops->pr_ops;
+                               dev->bdev_handle->bdev->bd_disk->fops->pr_ops;
                        int error;
 
-                       error = ops->pr_register(dev->bdev, dev->pr_key, 0,
-                               false);
+                       error = ops->pr_register(dev->bdev_handle->bdev,
+                               dev->pr_key, 0, false);
                        if (error)
                                pr_err("failed to unregister PR key.\n");
                }
 
-               if (dev->bdev)
-                       blkdev_put(dev->bdev, NULL);
+               if (dev->bdev_handle)
+                       bdev_release(dev->bdev_handle);
        }
 }
 
        map->start = dev->start;
        map->len = dev->len;
        map->disk_offset = dev->disk_offset;
-       map->bdev = dev->bdev;
+       map->bdev = dev->bdev_handle->bdev;
        return true;
 }
 
                struct pnfs_block_volume *volumes, int idx, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
        struct pnfs_block_volume *v = &volumes[idx];
-       struct block_device *bdev;
+       struct bdev_handle *bdev_handle;
        dev_t dev;
 
        dev = bl_resolve_deviceid(server, v, gfp_mask);
        if (!dev)
                return -EIO;
 
-       bdev = blkdev_get_by_dev(dev, BLK_OPEN_READ | BLK_OPEN_WRITE, NULL,
-                                NULL);
-       if (IS_ERR(bdev)) {
+       bdev_handle = bdev_open_by_dev(dev, BLK_OPEN_READ | BLK_OPEN_WRITE,
+                                      NULL, NULL);
+       if (IS_ERR(bdev_handle)) {
                printk(KERN_WARNING "pNFS: failed to open device %d:%d (%ld)\n",
-                       MAJOR(dev), MINOR(dev), PTR_ERR(bdev));
-               return PTR_ERR(bdev);
+                       MAJOR(dev), MINOR(dev), PTR_ERR(bdev_handle));
+               return PTR_ERR(bdev_handle);
        }
-       d->bdev = bdev;
-
-
-       d->len = bdev_nr_bytes(d->bdev);
+       d->bdev_handle = bdev_handle;
+       d->len = bdev_nr_bytes(bdev_handle->bdev);
        d->map = bl_map_simple;
 
        printk(KERN_INFO "pNFS: using block device %s\n",
-               d->bdev->bd_disk->disk_name);
+               bdev_handle->bdev->bd_disk->disk_name);
        return 0;
 }
 
        }
 }
 
-static struct block_device *
+static struct bdev_handle *
 bl_open_path(struct pnfs_block_volume *v, const char *prefix)
 {
-       struct block_device *bdev;
+       struct bdev_handle *bdev_handle;
        const char *devname;
 
        devname = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "/dev/disk/by-id/%s%*phN",
        if (!devname)
                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-       bdev = blkdev_get_by_path(devname, BLK_OPEN_READ | BLK_OPEN_WRITE, NULL,
-                                 NULL);
-       if (IS_ERR(bdev)) {
+       bdev_handle = bdev_open_by_path(devname, BLK_OPEN_READ | BLK_OPEN_WRITE,
+                                       NULL, NULL);
+       if (IS_ERR(bdev_handle)) {
                pr_warn("pNFS: failed to open device %s (%ld)\n",
-                       devname, PTR_ERR(bdev));
+                       devname, PTR_ERR(bdev_handle));
        }
 
        kfree(devname);
-       return bdev;
+       return bdev_handle;
 }
 
 static int
                struct pnfs_block_volume *volumes, int idx, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
        struct pnfs_block_volume *v = &volumes[idx];
-       struct block_device *bdev;
+       struct bdev_handle *bdev_handle;
        const struct pr_ops *ops;
        int error;
 
         * On other distributions like Debian, the default SCSI by-id path will
         * point to the dm-multipath device if one exists.
         */
-       bdev = bl_open_path(v, "dm-uuid-mpath-0x");
-       if (IS_ERR(bdev))
-               bdev = bl_open_path(v, "wwn-0x");
-       if (IS_ERR(bdev))
-               return PTR_ERR(bdev);
-       d->bdev = bdev;
-
-       d->len = bdev_nr_bytes(d->bdev);
+       bdev_handle = bl_open_path(v, "dm-uuid-mpath-0x");
+       if (IS_ERR(bdev_handle))
+               bdev_handle = bl_open_path(v, "wwn-0x");
+       if (IS_ERR(bdev_handle))
+               return PTR_ERR(bdev_handle);
+       d->bdev_handle = bdev_handle;
+
+       d->len = bdev_nr_bytes(d->bdev_handle->bdev);
        d->map = bl_map_simple;
        d->pr_key = v->scsi.pr_key;
 
        pr_info("pNFS: using block device %s (reservation key 0x%llx)\n",
-               d->bdev->bd_disk->disk_name, d->pr_key);
+               d->bdev_handle->bdev->bd_disk->disk_name, d->pr_key);
 
-       ops = d->bdev->bd_disk->fops->pr_ops;
+       ops = d->bdev_handle->bdev->bd_disk->fops->pr_ops;
        if (!ops) {
                pr_err("pNFS: block device %s does not support reservations.",
-                               d->bdev->bd_disk->disk_name);
+                               d->bdev_handle->bdev->bd_disk->disk_name);
                error = -EINVAL;
                goto out_blkdev_put;
        }
 
-       error = ops->pr_register(d->bdev, 0, d->pr_key, true);
+       error = ops->pr_register(d->bdev_handle->bdev, 0, d->pr_key, true);
        if (error) {
                pr_err("pNFS: failed to register key for block device %s.",
-                               d->bdev->bd_disk->disk_name);
+                               d->bdev_handle->bdev->bd_disk->disk_name);
                goto out_blkdev_put;
        }
 
        return 0;
 
 out_blkdev_put:
-       blkdev_put(d->bdev, NULL);
+       bdev_release(d->bdev_handle);
        return error;
 }