diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/btt.c b/drivers/nvdimm/btt.c
index 4295fa809420..9b9d5e506e11 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/btt.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/btt.c
@@ -1537,7 +1537,6 @@ static int btt_blk_init(struct btt *btt)
 		int rc = nd_integrity_init(btt->btt_disk, btt_meta_size(btt));
 
 		if (rc) {
-			del_gendisk(btt->btt_disk);
 			blk_cleanup_disk(btt->btt_disk);
 			return rc;
 		}