diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 62a873718b5bb..a3037fe54c3ab 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -1503,6 +1503,7 @@ static void nbd_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode)
 	if (test_bit(NBD_RT_DISCONNECT_ON_CLOSE, &nbd->config->runtime_flags) &&
 			bdev->bd_openers == 0)
 		nbd_disconnect_and_put(nbd);
+	bdput(bdev);
 
 	nbd_config_put(nbd);
 	nbd_put(nbd);