diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index c55e8f0fced1..8c8f543572e6 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -534,10 +534,8 @@ static void register_disk(struct device *parent, struct gendisk *disk,
 		kobject_create_and_add("holders", &ddev->kobj);
 	disk->slave_dir = kobject_create_and_add("slaves", &ddev->kobj);
 
-	if (disk->flags & GENHD_FL_HIDDEN) {
-		dev_set_uevent_suppress(ddev, 0);
+	if (disk->flags & GENHD_FL_HIDDEN)
 		return;
-	}
 
 	disk_scan_partitions(disk);