diff --git a/block/bdev.c b/block/bdev.c
index 28e6f0423857..8e19101cbbb0 100644
--- a/block/bdev.c
+++ b/block/bdev.c
@@ -419,6 +419,7 @@ struct block_device *bdev_alloc(struct gendisk *disk, u8 partno)
 	mutex_init(&bdev->bd_holder_lock);
 	bdev->bd_partno = partno;
 	bdev->bd_inode = inode;
+	bdev->bd_mapping = &inode->i_data;
 	bdev->bd_queue = disk->queue;
 	if (partno)
 		bdev->bd_has_submit_bio = disk->part0->bd_has_submit_bio;
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
index cb1526ec44b5..6438c75cbb35 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ struct block_device {
 	bool			bd_has_submit_bio;
 	dev_t			bd_dev;
 	struct inode		*bd_inode;	/* will die */
+	struct address_space	*bd_mapping;	/* page cache */
 
 	atomic_t		bd_openers;
 	spinlock_t		bd_size_lock; /* for bd_inode->i_size updates */