diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 32ee73c67560..ed926b760ca0 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ struct block_device *bdget_disk(struct gendisk *disk, int partno)
 	struct block_device *bdev = NULL;
 
 	part = disk_get_part(disk, partno);
-	if (part && (part->nr_sects || partno == 0))
+	if (part)
 		bdev = bdget(part_devt(part));
 	disk_put_part(part);
 
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ dev_t blk_lookup_devt(const char *name, int partno)
 			continue;
 
 		part = disk_get_part(disk, partno);
-		if (part && (part->nr_sects || partno == 0)) {
+		if (part) {
 			devt = part_devt(part);
 			disk_put_part(part);
 			break;