diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index b3cdfc0ffb98..5a1f98494ddd 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -1800,6 +1800,17 @@ static struct nbd_device *nbd_dev_add(int index, unsigned int refs)
 	refcount_set(&nbd->refs, 0);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nbd->list);
 	disk->major = NBD_MAJOR;
+
+	/* Too big first_minor can cause duplicate creation of
+	 * sysfs files/links, since index << part_shift might overflow, or
+	 * MKDEV() expect that the max bits of first_minor is 20.
+	 */
+	disk->first_minor = index << part_shift;
+	if (disk->first_minor < index || disk->first_minor > MINORMASK) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto out_free_work;
+	}
+
 	disk->minors = 1 << part_shift;
 	disk->fops = &nbd_fops;
 	disk->private_data = nbd;
@@ -1904,19 +1915,8 @@ static int nbd_genl_connect(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	if (!netlink_capable(skb, CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	if (info->attrs[NBD_ATTR_INDEX]) {
+	if (info->attrs[NBD_ATTR_INDEX])
 		index = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NBD_ATTR_INDEX]);
-
-		/*
-		 * Too big first_minor can cause duplicate creation of
-		 * sysfs files/links, since index << part_shift might overflow, or
-		 * MKDEV() expect that the max bits of first_minor is 20.
-		 */
-		if (index < 0 || index > MINORMASK >> part_shift) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "nbd: illegal input index %d\n", index);
-			return -EINVAL;
-		}
-	}
 	if (!info->attrs[NBD_ATTR_SOCKETS]) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "nbd: must specify at least one socket\n");
 		return -EINVAL;