diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
index ee15fb039fd0..3bf35914bb57 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
@@ -1218,6 +1218,9 @@ static int cached_dev_ioctl(struct bcache_device *d, fmode_t mode,
 {
 	struct cached_dev *dc = container_of(d, struct cached_dev, disk);
 
+	if (dc->io_disable)
+		return -EIO;
+
 	return __blkdev_driver_ioctl(dc->bdev, mode, cmd, arg);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
index 5fd1466b34e4..9de6695195bf 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
@@ -648,10 +648,6 @@ static int ioctl_dev(struct block_device *b, fmode_t mode,
 		     unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	struct bcache_device *d = b->bd_disk->private_data;
-	struct cached_dev *dc = container_of(d, struct cached_dev, disk);
-
-	if (dc->io_disable)
-		return -EIO;
 
 	return d->ioctl(d, mode, cmd, arg);
 }