diff --git a/drivers/block/xsysace.c b/drivers/block/xsysace.c
index eefe542f2d9f..8d581c7536fb 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xsysace.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xsysace.c
@@ -888,26 +888,20 @@ static unsigned int ace_check_events(struct gendisk *gd, unsigned int clearing)
 	return ace->media_change ? DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE : 0;
 }
 
-static int ace_revalidate_disk(struct gendisk *gd)
+static void ace_media_changed(struct ace_device *ace)
 {
-	struct ace_device *ace = gd->private_data;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	dev_dbg(ace->dev, "ace_revalidate_disk()\n");
+	dev_dbg(ace->dev, "requesting cf id and scheduling tasklet\n");
 
-	if (ace->media_change) {
-		dev_dbg(ace->dev, "requesting cf id and scheduling tasklet\n");
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ace->lock, flags);
+	ace->id_req_count++;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ace->lock, flags);
 
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&ace->lock, flags);
-		ace->id_req_count++;
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ace->lock, flags);
-
-		tasklet_schedule(&ace->fsm_tasklet);
-		wait_for_completion(&ace->id_completion);
-	}
+	tasklet_schedule(&ace->fsm_tasklet);
+	wait_for_completion(&ace->id_completion);
 
 	dev_dbg(ace->dev, "revalidate complete\n");
-	return ace->id_result;
 }
 
 static int ace_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode)
@@ -922,8 +916,8 @@ static int ace_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode)
 	ace->users++;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ace->lock, flags);
 
-	if (bdev_check_media_change(bdev))
-		ace_revalidate_disk(bdev->bd_disk);
+	if (bdev_check_media_change(bdev) && ace->media_change)
+		ace_media_changed(ace);
 	mutex_unlock(&xsysace_mutex);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1080,7 +1074,7 @@ static int ace_setup(struct ace_device *ace)
 		(unsigned long long) ace->physaddr, ace->baseaddr, ace->irq);
 
 	ace->media_change = 1;
-	ace_revalidate_disk(ace->gd);
+	ace_media_changed(ace);
 
 	/* Make the sysace device 'live' */
 	add_disk(ace->gd);