diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
index 1d3407d7e095..34b9441084f8 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c
@@ -739,12 +739,9 @@ static void ide_disk_setup(ide_drive_t *drive)
 	set_wcache(drive, 1);
 
 	if ((drive->dev_flags & IDE_DFLAG_LBA) == 0 &&
-	    (drive->head == 0 || drive->head > 16)) {
+	    (drive->head == 0 || drive->head > 16))
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: invalid geometry: %d physical heads?\n",
 			drive->name, drive->head);
-		drive->dev_flags &= ~IDE_DFLAG_ATTACH;
-	} else
-		drive->dev_flags |= IDE_DFLAG_ATTACH;
 }
 
 static void ide_disk_flush(ide_drive_t *drive)
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
index af7503b47dbe..f5a2870aaf54 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
@@ -516,8 +516,6 @@ static void ide_floppy_setup(ide_drive_t *drive)
 	(void) ide_floppy_get_capacity(drive);
 
 	ide_proc_register_driver(drive, floppy->driver);
-
-	drive->dev_flags |= IDE_DFLAG_ATTACH;
 }
 
 static void ide_floppy_flush(ide_drive_t *drive)
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-gd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-gd.c
index 05c26986637b..661e2aa9c967 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-gd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-gd.c
@@ -225,8 +225,12 @@ static int ide_gd_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode)
 		 * and the door_lock is irrelevant at this point.
 		 */
 		drive->disk_ops->set_doorlock(drive, disk, 1);
-		drive->dev_flags |= IDE_DFLAG_MEDIA_CHANGED;
-		check_disk_change(bdev);
+		if (__invalidate_device(bdev, true))
+			pr_warn("VFS: busy inodes on changed media %s\n",
+				bdev->bd_disk->disk_name);
+		drive->disk_ops->get_capacity(drive);
+		set_capacity(disk, ide_gd_capacity(drive));
+		set_bit(BDEV_NEED_PART_SCAN, &bdev->bd_flags);
 	} else if (drive->dev_flags & IDE_DFLAG_FORMAT_IN_PROGRESS) {
 		ret = -EBUSY;
 		goto out_put_idkp;
@@ -284,32 +288,6 @@ static int ide_gd_getgeo(struct block_device *bdev, struct hd_geometry *geo)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static unsigned int ide_gd_check_events(struct gendisk *disk,
-					unsigned int clearing)
-{
-	struct ide_disk_obj *idkp = ide_drv_g(disk, ide_disk_obj);
-	ide_drive_t *drive = idkp->drive;
-	bool ret;
-
-	/* do not scan partitions twice if this is a removable device */
-	if (drive->dev_flags & IDE_DFLAG_ATTACH) {
-		drive->dev_flags &= ~IDE_DFLAG_ATTACH;
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * The following is used to force revalidation on the first open on
-	 * removeable devices, and never gets reported to userland as
-	 * DISK_EVENT_FLAG_UEVENT isn't set in genhd->event_flags.
-	 * This is intended as removable ide disk can't really detect
-	 * MEDIA_CHANGE events.
-	 */
-	ret = drive->dev_flags & IDE_DFLAG_MEDIA_CHANGED;
-	drive->dev_flags &= ~IDE_DFLAG_MEDIA_CHANGED;
-
-	return ret ? DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE : 0;
-}
-
 static void ide_gd_unlock_native_capacity(struct gendisk *disk)
 {
 	struct ide_disk_obj *idkp = ide_drv_g(disk, ide_disk_obj);
@@ -320,18 +298,6 @@ static void ide_gd_unlock_native_capacity(struct gendisk *disk)
 		disk_ops->unlock_native_capacity(drive);
 }
 
-static int ide_gd_revalidate_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
-{
-	struct ide_disk_obj *idkp = ide_drv_g(disk, ide_disk_obj);
-	ide_drive_t *drive = idkp->drive;
-
-	if (ide_gd_check_events(disk, 0))
-		drive->disk_ops->get_capacity(drive);
-
-	set_capacity(disk, ide_gd_capacity(drive));
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int ide_gd_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode,
 			     unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
@@ -364,9 +330,7 @@ static const struct block_device_operations ide_gd_ops = {
 	.compat_ioctl		= ide_gd_compat_ioctl,
 #endif
 	.getgeo			= ide_gd_getgeo,
-	.check_events		= ide_gd_check_events,
 	.unlock_native_capacity	= ide_gd_unlock_native_capacity,
-	.revalidate_disk	= ide_gd_revalidate_disk
 };
 
 static int ide_gd_probe(ide_drive_t *drive)
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index a254841bd315..62653769509f 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -490,8 +490,6 @@ enum {
 	IDE_DFLAG_NOPROBE		= BIT(9),
 	/* need to do check_media_change() */
 	IDE_DFLAG_REMOVABLE		= BIT(10),
-	/* needed for removable devices */
-	IDE_DFLAG_ATTACH		= BIT(11),
 	IDE_DFLAG_FORCED_GEOM		= BIT(12),
 	/* disallow setting unmask bit */
 	IDE_DFLAG_NO_UNMASK		= BIT(13),