diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index eb893df56d51..4b85963d09db 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -345,9 +345,7 @@ int disk_scan_partitions(struct gendisk *disk, blk_mode_t mode)
 	struct file *file;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	if (disk->flags & (GENHD_FL_NO_PART | GENHD_FL_HIDDEN))
-		return -EINVAL;
-	if (test_bit(GD_SUPPRESS_PART_SCAN, &disk->state))
+	if (!disk_has_partscan(disk))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (disk->open_partitions)
 		return -EBUSY;
@@ -503,8 +501,7 @@ int __must_check device_add_disk(struct device *parent, struct gendisk *disk,
 			goto out_unregister_bdi;
 
 		/* Make sure the first partition scan will be proceed */
-		if (get_capacity(disk) && !(disk->flags & GENHD_FL_NO_PART) &&
-		    !test_bit(GD_SUPPRESS_PART_SCAN, &disk->state))
+		if (get_capacity(disk) && disk_has_partscan(disk))
 			set_bit(GD_NEED_PART_SCAN, &disk->state);
 
 		bdev_add(disk->part0, ddev->devt);
diff --git a/block/partitions/core.c b/block/partitions/core.c
index b11e88c82c8c..37b5f92d07fe 100644
--- a/block/partitions/core.c
+++ b/block/partitions/core.c
@@ -573,10 +573,7 @@ static int blk_add_partitions(struct gendisk *disk)
 	struct parsed_partitions *state;
 	int ret = -EAGAIN, p;
 
-	if (disk->flags & GENHD_FL_NO_PART)
-		return 0;
-
-	if (test_bit(GD_SUPPRESS_PART_SCAN, &disk->state))
+	if (!disk_has_partscan(disk))
 		return 0;
 
 	state = check_partition(disk);
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 040a22e0eda0..3b18a40a1fc1 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -230,6 +230,19 @@ static inline unsigned int disk_openers(struct gendisk *disk)
 	return atomic_read(&disk->part0->bd_openers);
 }
 
+/**
+ * disk_has_partscan - return %true if partition scanning is enabled on a disk
+ * @disk: disk to check
+ *
+ * Returns %true if partitions scanning is enabled for @disk, or %false if
+ * partition scanning is disabled either permanently or temporarily.
+ */
+static inline bool disk_has_partscan(struct gendisk *disk)
+{
+	return !(disk->flags & (GENHD_FL_NO_PART | GENHD_FL_HIDDEN)) &&
+		!test_bit(GD_SUPPRESS_PART_SCAN, &disk->state);
+}
+
 /*
  * The gendisk is refcounted by the part0 block_device, and the bd_device
  * therein is also used for device model presentation in sysfs.