diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 0954ea8..ba76319 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -1082,13 +1082,10 @@ static int loop_configure(struct loop_device *lo, fmode_t mode,
 	return error;
 }
 
-static int __loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo, bool release)
+static void __loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo, bool release)
 {
-	struct file *filp = NULL;
+	struct file *filp;
 	gfp_t gfp = lo->old_gfp_mask;
-	int err = 0;
-	bool partscan = false;
-	int lo_number;
 	struct loop_worker *pos, *worker;
 
 	/*
@@ -1103,17 +1100,14 @@ static int __loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo, bool release)
 	 * became visible.
 	 */
 
+	/*
+	 * Since this function is called upon "ioctl(LOOP_CLR_FD)" xor "close()
+	 * after ioctl(LOOP_CLR_FD)", it is a sign of something going wrong if
+	 * lo->lo_state has changed while waiting for lo->lo_mutex.
+	 */
 	mutex_lock(&lo->lo_mutex);
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(lo->lo_state != Lo_rundown)) {
-		err = -ENXIO;
-		goto out_unlock;
-	}
-
-	filp = lo->lo_backing_file;
-	if (filp == NULL) {
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto out_unlock;
-	}
+	BUG_ON(lo->lo_state != Lo_rundown);
+	mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_mutex);
 
 	if (test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_WC, &lo->lo_queue->queue_flags))
 		blk_queue_write_cache(lo->lo_queue, false, false);
@@ -1134,6 +1128,7 @@ static int __loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo, bool release)
 	del_timer_sync(&lo->timer);
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&lo->lo_lock);
+	filp = lo->lo_backing_file;
 	lo->lo_backing_file = NULL;
 	spin_unlock_irq(&lo->lo_lock);
 
@@ -1153,12 +1148,11 @@ static int __loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo, bool release)
 	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(lo->lo_queue);
 
-	partscan = lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN;
-	lo_number = lo->lo_number;
 	disk_force_media_change(lo->lo_disk, DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE);
-out_unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_mutex);
-	if (partscan) {
+
+	if (lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN) {
+		int err;
+
 		/*
 		 * open_mutex has been held already in release path, so don't
 		 * acquire it if this function is called in such case.
@@ -1174,24 +1168,20 @@ static int __loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo, bool release)
 			mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_disk->open_mutex);
 		if (err)
 			pr_warn("%s: partition scan of loop%d failed (rc=%d)\n",
-				__func__, lo_number, err);
+				__func__, lo->lo_number, err);
 		/* Device is gone, no point in returning error */
-		err = 0;
 	}
 
 	/*
 	 * lo->lo_state is set to Lo_unbound here after above partscan has
-	 * finished.
-	 *
-	 * There cannot be anybody else entering __loop_clr_fd() as
-	 * lo->lo_backing_file is already cleared and Lo_rundown state
-	 * protects us from all the other places trying to change the 'lo'
-	 * device.
+	 * finished. There cannot be anybody else entering __loop_clr_fd() as
+	 * Lo_rundown state protects us from all the other places trying to
+	 * change the 'lo' device.
 	 */
-	mutex_lock(&lo->lo_mutex);
 	lo->lo_flags = 0;
 	if (!part_shift)
 		lo->lo_disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_NO_PART;
+	mutex_lock(&lo->lo_mutex);
 	lo->lo_state = Lo_unbound;
 	mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_mutex);
 
@@ -1200,9 +1190,7 @@ static int __loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo, bool release)
 	 * lo_mutex triggers a circular lock dependency possibility warning as
 	 * fput can take open_mutex which is usually taken before lo_mutex.
 	 */
-	if (filp)
-		fput(filp);
-	return err;
+	fput(filp);
 }
 
 static int loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo)
@@ -1234,7 +1222,8 @@ static int loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo)
 	lo->lo_state = Lo_rundown;
 	mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_mutex);
 
-	return __loop_clr_fd(lo, false);
+	__loop_clr_fd(lo, false);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int