diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index ee76de0..5375be3 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ static unsigned long disk_events_poll_jiffies(struct gendisk *disk)
 	 */
 	if (ev->poll_msecs >= 0)
 		intv_msecs = ev->poll_msecs;
-	else if (disk->events)
+	else if (disk->event_flags & DISK_EVENT_FLAG_POLL)
 		intv_msecs = disk_events_dfl_poll_msecs;
 
 	return msecs_to_jiffies(intv_msecs);
@@ -1842,11 +1842,13 @@ static void disk_check_events(struct disk_events *ev,
 
 	/*
 	 * Tell userland about new events.  Only the events listed in
-	 * @disk->events are reported.  Unlisted events are processed the
-	 * same internally but never get reported to userland.
+	 * @disk->events are reported, and only if DISK_EVENT_FLAG_UEVENT
+	 * is set. Otherwise, events are processed internally but never
+	 * get reported to userland.
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(disk_uevents); i++)
-		if (events & disk->events & (1 << i))
+		if ((events & disk->events & (1 << i)) &&
+		    (disk->event_flags & DISK_EVENT_FLAG_UEVENT))
 			envp[nr_events++] = disk_uevents[i];
 
 	if (nr_events)
@@ -1884,6 +1886,9 @@ static ssize_t disk_events_show(struct device *dev,
 {
 	struct gendisk *disk = dev_to_disk(dev);
 
+	if (!(disk->event_flags & DISK_EVENT_FLAG_UEVENT))
+		return 0;
+
 	return __disk_events_show(disk->events, buf);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 92c34d9..ebc8035 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -3293,6 +3293,7 @@ static void sd_probe_async(void *data, async_cookie_t cookie)
 	if (sdp->removable) {
 		gd->flags |= GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE;
 		gd->events |= DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE;
+		gd->event_flags = DISK_EVENT_FLAG_POLL | DISK_EVENT_FLAG_UEVENT;
 	}
 
 	blk_pm_runtime_init(sdp->request_queue, dev);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sr.c b/drivers/scsi/sr.c
index 039c27c2..c3f443d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sr.c
@@ -716,6 +716,7 @@ static int sr_probe(struct device *dev)
 	disk->fops = &sr_bdops;
 	disk->flags = GENHD_FL_CD | GENHD_FL_BLOCK_EVENTS_ON_EXCL_WRITE;
 	disk->events = DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE | DISK_EVENT_EJECT_REQUEST;
+	disk->event_flags = DISK_EVENT_FLAG_POLL | DISK_EVENT_FLAG_UEVENT;
 
 	blk_queue_rq_timeout(sdev->request_queue, SR_TIMEOUT);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h
index a65d9fc..6547c92 100644
--- a/include/linux/genhd.h
+++ b/include/linux/genhd.h
@@ -150,6 +150,13 @@ enum {
 	DISK_EVENT_EJECT_REQUEST		= 1 << 1, /* eject requested */
 };
 
+enum {
+	/* Poll even if events_poll_msecs is unset */
+	DISK_EVENT_FLAG_POLL			= 1 << 0,
+	/* Forward events to udev */
+	DISK_EVENT_FLAG_UEVENT			= 1 << 1,
+};
+
 struct disk_part_tbl {
 	struct rcu_head rcu_head;
 	int len;
@@ -184,7 +191,8 @@ struct gendisk {
 	char disk_name[DISK_NAME_LEN];	/* name of major driver */
 	char *(*devnode)(struct gendisk *gd, umode_t *mode);
 
-	unsigned int events;		/* supported events */
+	unsigned short events;		/* supported events */
+	unsigned short event_flags;	/* flags related to event processing */
 
 	/* Array of pointers to partitions indexed by partno.
 	 * Protected with matching bdev lock but stat and other