diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index ed926b760ca0..8acaff0154e3 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ static void *show_partition_start(struct seq_file *seqf, loff_t *pos)
 	static void *p;
 
 	p = disk_seqf_start(seqf, pos);
-	if (!IS_ERR(p) && p)
+	if (!IS_ERR(p) && p && !*pos)
 		seq_puts(seqf, "major minor  #blocks  name\n\n");
 	return p;
 }