diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 30ac0ffe6517..df2c3c69b467 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -407,10 +407,6 @@ static void add_disk_final(struct gendisk *disk)
 	struct device *ddev = disk_to_dev(disk);
 
 	if (!(disk->flags & GENHD_FL_HIDDEN)) {
-		/* Make sure the first partition scan will be proceed */
-		if (get_capacity(disk) && disk_has_partscan(disk))
-			set_bit(GD_NEED_PART_SCAN, &disk->state);
-
 		bdev_add(disk->part0, ddev->devt);
 		if (get_capacity(disk))
 			disk_scan_partitions(disk, BLK_OPEN_READ);