diff --git a/block/bdev.c b/block/bdev.c
index b555deef0d76ad03343b6ce19e4bcf55005c2d53..07e8e3686aea63e941a2daa5237d610f1326faec 100644
--- a/block/bdev.c
+++ b/block/bdev.c
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ struct bdev_handle *bdev_open_by_dev(dev_t dev, blk_mode_t mode, void *holder,
 		goto abort_claiming;
 	ret = -EBUSY;
 	if (!bdev_may_open(bdev, mode))
-		goto abort_claiming;
+		goto put_module;
 	if (bdev_is_partition(bdev))
 		ret = blkdev_get_part(bdev, mode);
 	else