===== fs/block_dev.c 1.112 vs edited =====
--- 1.112/fs/block_dev.c	Sun Nov 17 08:09:16 2002
+++ edited/fs/block_dev.c	Sun Nov 17 22:00:23 2002
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@
 	if (bdev->bd_contains != bdev)
 		BUG();
 	down(&bdev->bd_sem);
-	if (check_disk_change(bdev)) {
+	if (check_disk_change(bdev) && bdev->bd_invalidated) {
 		rescan_partitions(bdev->bd_disk, bdev);
 		res = 1;
 	}
===== fs/partitions/check.c 1.85 vs edited =====
--- 1.85/fs/partitions/check.c	Mon Nov 11 22:16:11 2002
+++ edited/fs/partitions/check.c	Sun Nov 17 21:59:28 2002
@@ -453,8 +453,6 @@
 	struct parsed_partitions *state;
 	int p, res;
 
-	if (!bdev->bd_invalidated)
-		return 0;
 	if (bdev->bd_part_count)
 		return -EBUSY;
 	res = invalidate_device(dev, 1);