diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 81017bd3b333..20521163fd06 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ static struct blk_major_name {
 	struct blk_major_name *next;
 	int major;
 	char name[16];
+	void (*probe)(dev_t devt);
 } *major_names[BLKDEV_MAJOR_HASH_SIZE];
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(major_names_lock);
 
@@ -444,7 +445,8 @@ void blkdev_show(struct seq_file *seqf, off_t offset)
  * See Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt for the list of allocated
  * major numbers.
  */
-int register_blkdev(unsigned int major, const char *name)
+int __register_blkdev(unsigned int major, const char *name,
+		void (*probe)(dev_t devt))
 {
 	struct blk_major_name **n, *p;
 	int index, ret = 0;
@@ -483,6 +485,7 @@ int register_blkdev(unsigned int major, const char *name)
 	}
 
 	p->major = major;
+	p->probe = probe;
 	strlcpy(p->name, name, sizeof(p->name));
 	p->next = NULL;
 	index = major_to_index(major);
@@ -505,8 +508,7 @@ out:
 	mutex_unlock(&major_names_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_blkdev);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__register_blkdev);
 
 void unregister_blkdev(unsigned int major, const char *name)
 {
@@ -1033,6 +1035,19 @@ static ssize_t disk_badblocks_store(struct device *dev,
 
 static void request_gendisk_module(dev_t devt)
 {
+	unsigned int major = MAJOR(devt);
+	struct blk_major_name **n;
+
+	mutex_lock(&major_names_lock);
+	for (n = &major_names[major_to_index(major)]; *n; n = &(*n)->next) {
+		if ((*n)->major == major && (*n)->probe) {
+			(*n)->probe(devt);
+			mutex_unlock(&major_names_lock);
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&major_names_lock);
+
 	if (request_module("block-major-%d-%d", MAJOR(devt), MINOR(devt)) > 0)
 		/* Make old-style 2.4 aliases work */
 		request_module("block-major-%d", MAJOR(devt));
diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h
index 52eb592c874a..811d0f83c4cf 100644
--- a/include/linux/genhd.h
+++ b/include/linux/genhd.h
@@ -367,7 +367,10 @@ extern void blk_unregister_region(dev_t devt, unsigned long range);
 
 #define alloc_disk(minors) alloc_disk_node(minors, NUMA_NO_NODE)
 
-int register_blkdev(unsigned int major, const char *name);
+int __register_blkdev(unsigned int major, const char *name,
+		void (*probe)(dev_t devt));
+#define register_blkdev(major, name) \
+	__register_blkdev(major, name, NULL)
 void unregister_blkdev(unsigned int major, const char *name);
 
 void revalidate_disk_size(struct gendisk *disk, bool verbose);