diff --git a/block/disk-events.c b/block/disk-events.c
index 9f9f9f8a2d6b..074731ecc3d2 100644
--- a/block/disk-events.c
+++ b/block/disk-events.c
@@ -290,13 +290,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(disk_check_media_change);
  * Should be called when the media changes for @disk.  Generates a uevent
  * and attempts to free all dentries and inodes and invalidates all block
  * device page cache entries in that case.
+ *
+ * Callers that need a partition re-scan should arrange for one explicitly.
  */
 void disk_force_media_change(struct gendisk *disk)
 {
 	disk_event_uevent(disk, DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE);
 	inc_diskseq(disk);
 	bdev_mark_dead(disk->part0, true);
-	set_bit(GD_NEED_PART_SCAN, &disk->state);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(disk_force_media_change);