--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c
-@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ static int _open_bdev(struct block2mtd_d
+@@ -265,11 +265,13 @@ static int _open_bdev(struct block2mtd_d
+ bdev = open_bdev_exclusive(dev->devname, FMODE_READ|FMODE_WRITE, NULL);
+ #ifndef MODULE
+ if (IS_ERR(bdev)) {
++ dev_t devt;
+
/* We might not have rootfs mounted at this point. Try
to resolve the device name by other means. */
+- dev_t devt = name_to_dev_t(dev->devname);
+ wait_for_device_probe();
- dev_t devt = name_to_dev_t(dev->devname);
++ devt = name_to_dev_t(dev->devname);
if (devt) {
bdev = open_by_devnum(devt, FMODE_WRITE | FMODE_READ);
+ }