diff --git a/drivers/scsi/st.c b/drivers/scsi/st.c
index 8697447..2a32036 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/st.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/st.c
@@ -4112,6 +4112,10 @@
 	tpnt->disk = disk;
 	disk->private_data = &tpnt->driver;
 	disk->queue = SDp->request_queue;
+	/* SCSI tape doesn't register this gendisk via add_disk().  Manually
+	 * take queue reference that release_disk() expects. */
+	if (!blk_get_queue(disk->queue))
+		goto out_put_disk;
 	tpnt->driver = &st_template;
 
 	tpnt->device = SDp;
@@ -4185,7 +4189,7 @@
 	idr_preload_end();
 	if (error < 0) {
 		pr_warn("st: idr allocation failed: %d\n", error);
-		goto out_put_disk;
+		goto out_put_queue;
 	}
 	tpnt->index = error;
 	sprintf(disk->disk_name, "st%d", tpnt->index);
@@ -4211,6 +4215,8 @@
 	spin_lock(&st_index_lock);
 	idr_remove(&st_index_idr, tpnt->index);
 	spin_unlock(&st_index_lock);
+out_put_queue:
+	blk_put_queue(disk->queue);
 out_put_disk:
 	put_disk(disk);
 	kfree(tpnt);