diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index a4a7c08d2f20..505ec61067df 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1273,8 +1273,9 @@ __setup("fail_make_request=", setup_fail_make_request);
 
 static int should_fail_request(struct bio *bio)
 {
-	if ((bio->bi_bdev->bd_disk->flags & GENHD_FL_FAIL) ||
-	    bio->bi_bdev->bd_part->make_it_fail)
+	struct hd_struct *part = bio->bi_bdev->bd_part;
+
+	if (part_to_disk(part)->part0.make_it_fail || part->make_it_fail)
 		return should_fail(&fail_make_request, bio->bi_size);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 70358f3c7423..06a252f2b967 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -795,34 +795,6 @@ static ssize_t disk_stat_show(struct device *dev,
 		jiffies_to_msecs(disk_stat_read(disk, time_in_queue)));
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST
-static ssize_t disk_fail_show(struct device *dev,
-			      struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
-{
-	struct gendisk *disk = dev_to_disk(dev);
-
-	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", disk->flags & GENHD_FL_FAIL ? 1 : 0);
-}
-
-static ssize_t disk_fail_store(struct device *dev,
-			       struct device_attribute *attr,
-			       const char *buf, size_t count)
-{
-	struct gendisk *disk = dev_to_disk(dev);
-	int i;
-
-	if (count > 0 && sscanf(buf, "%d", &i) > 0) {
-		if (i == 0)
-			disk->flags &= ~GENHD_FL_FAIL;
-		else
-			disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_FAIL;
-	}
-
-	return count;
-}
-
-#endif
-
 static DEVICE_ATTR(range, S_IRUGO, disk_range_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(ext_range, S_IRUGO, disk_ext_range_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(removable, S_IRUGO, disk_removable_show, NULL);
@@ -832,7 +804,7 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(capability, S_IRUGO, disk_capability_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(stat, S_IRUGO, disk_stat_show, NULL);
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST
 static struct device_attribute dev_attr_fail =
-	__ATTR(make-it-fail, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, disk_fail_show, disk_fail_store);
+	__ATTR(make-it-fail, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, part_fail_show, part_fail_store);
 #endif
 
 static struct attribute *disk_attrs[] = {
diff --git a/fs/partitions/check.c b/fs/partitions/check.c
index 87298c0fc8ce..60592d9f43b6 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/check.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/check.c
@@ -238,17 +238,17 @@ static ssize_t part_stat_show(struct device *dev,
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST
-static ssize_t part_fail_show(struct device *dev,
-			      struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+ssize_t part_fail_show(struct device *dev,
+		       struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	struct hd_struct *p = dev_to_part(dev);
 
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", p->make_it_fail);
 }
 
-static ssize_t part_fail_store(struct device *dev,
-			       struct device_attribute *attr,
-			       const char *buf, size_t count)
+ssize_t part_fail_store(struct device *dev,
+			struct device_attribute *attr,
+			const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	struct hd_struct *p = dev_to_part(dev);
 	int i;
diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h
index 45a3682b5d87..3d15b42dc352 100644
--- a/include/linux/genhd.h
+++ b/include/linux/genhd.h
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ struct hd_struct {
 #define GENHD_FL_CD				8
 #define GENHD_FL_UP				16
 #define GENHD_FL_SUPPRESS_PARTITION_INFO	32
-#define GENHD_FL_FAIL				64
 
 struct gendisk {
 	/* major, first_minor, minors and ext_minors are input
@@ -596,6 +595,13 @@ extern void blk_unregister_region(dev_t devt, unsigned long range);
 
 extern ssize_t part_size_show(struct device *dev,
 			      struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf);
+#ifdef CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST
+extern ssize_t part_fail_show(struct device *dev,
+			      struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf);
+extern ssize_t part_fail_store(struct device *dev,
+			       struct device_attribute *attr,
+			       const char *buf, size_t count);
+#endif /* CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST */
 
 #else /* CONFIG_BLOCK */