diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/block.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/block.c
index c9eb78f10a0d..1a92d30689e7 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/block.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include <linux/blk-mq.h>
 #include <linux/hdreg.h>
 #include <linux/scatterlist.h>
+#include <linux/idr.h>
 #include <asm/div64.h>
 
 #include "ubi-media.h"
@@ -353,6 +354,8 @@ static struct blk_mq_ops ubiblock_mq_ops = {
 	.map_queue      = blk_mq_map_queue,
 };
 
+static DEFINE_IDR(ubiblock_minor_idr);
+
 int ubiblock_create(struct ubi_volume_info *vi)
 {
 	struct ubiblock *dev;
@@ -390,7 +393,13 @@ int ubiblock_create(struct ubi_volume_info *vi)
 
 	gd->fops = &ubiblock_ops;
 	gd->major = ubiblock_major;
-	gd->first_minor = dev->ubi_num * UBI_MAX_VOLUMES + dev->vol_id;
+	gd->first_minor = idr_alloc(&ubiblock_minor_idr, dev, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (gd->first_minor < 0) {
+		dev_err(disk_to_dev(gd),
+			"block: dynamic minor allocation failed");
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+		goto out_put_disk;
+	}
 	gd->private_data = dev;
 	sprintf(gd->disk_name, "ubiblock%d_%d", dev->ubi_num, dev->vol_id);
 	set_capacity(gd, disk_capacity);
@@ -407,7 +416,7 @@ int ubiblock_create(struct ubi_volume_info *vi)
 	ret = blk_mq_alloc_tag_set(&dev->tag_set);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(disk_to_dev(dev->gd), "blk_mq_alloc_tag_set failed");
-		goto out_put_disk;
+		goto out_remove_minor;
 	}
 
 	dev->rq = blk_mq_init_queue(&dev->tag_set);
@@ -445,6 +454,8 @@ out_free_queue:
 	blk_cleanup_queue(dev->rq);
 out_free_tags:
 	blk_mq_free_tag_set(&dev->tag_set);
+out_remove_minor:
+	idr_remove(&ubiblock_minor_idr, gd->first_minor);
 out_put_disk:
 	put_disk(dev->gd);
 out_free_dev:
@@ -463,6 +474,7 @@ static void ubiblock_cleanup(struct ubiblock *dev)
 	blk_cleanup_queue(dev->rq);
 	blk_mq_free_tag_set(&dev->tag_set);
 	dev_info(disk_to_dev(dev->gd), "released");
+	idr_remove(&ubiblock_minor_idr, dev->gd->first_minor);
 	put_disk(dev->gd);
 }