diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c b/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c
index e9361bffe5ee..63ce50d9c1c5 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c
@@ -198,6 +198,9 @@ static int nvdimm_clear_badblocks_region(struct device *dev, void *data)
 	sector = (ctx->phys - nd_region->ndr_start) / 512;
 	badblocks_clear(&nd_region->bb, sector, ctx->cleared / 512);
 
+	if (nd_region->bb_state)
+		sysfs_notify_dirent(nd_region->bb_state);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/nd.h b/drivers/nvdimm/nd.h
index 8cabd836df0e..e802c877d783 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/nd.h
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/nd.h
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ struct nd_region {
 	u64 ndr_start;
 	int id, num_lanes, ro, numa_node;
 	void *provider_data;
+	struct kernfs_node *bb_state;
 	struct badblocks bb;
 	struct nd_interleave_set *nd_set;
 	struct nd_percpu_lane __percpu *lane;
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
index 5c45e178bd4a..34189a145ac6 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ static int pmem_clear_poison(struct pmem_device *pmem, phys_addr_t offset,
 				(unsigned long long) sector, cleared,
 				cleared > 1 ? "s" : "");
 		badblocks_clear(&pmem->bb, sector, cleared);
+		if (pmem->bb_state)
+			sysfs_notify_dirent(pmem->bb_state);
 	}
 
 	invalidate_pmem(pmem->virt_addr + offset, len);
@@ -378,6 +380,13 @@ static int pmem_attach_disk(struct device *dev,
 
 	revalidate_disk(disk);
 
+	pmem->bb_state = sysfs_get_dirent(disk_to_dev(disk)->kobj.sd,
+					  "badblocks");
+	if (pmem->bb_state)
+		sysfs_put(pmem->bb_state);
+	else
+		dev_warn(dev, "sysfs_get_dirent 'badblocks' failed\n");
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -429,6 +438,7 @@ static void nd_pmem_notify(struct device *dev, enum nvdimm_event event)
 	struct nd_namespace_io *nsio;
 	struct resource res;
 	struct badblocks *bb;
+	struct kernfs_node *bb_state;
 
 	if (event != NVDIMM_REVALIDATE_POISON)
 		return;
@@ -440,11 +450,13 @@ static void nd_pmem_notify(struct device *dev, enum nvdimm_event event)
 		nd_region = to_nd_region(ndns->dev.parent);
 		nsio = to_nd_namespace_io(&ndns->dev);
 		bb = &nsio->bb;
+		bb_state = NULL;
 	} else {
 		struct pmem_device *pmem = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 
 		nd_region = to_region(pmem);
 		bb = &pmem->bb;
+		bb_state = pmem->bb_state;
 
 		if (is_nd_pfn(dev)) {
 			struct nd_pfn *nd_pfn = to_nd_pfn(dev);
@@ -464,6 +476,8 @@ static void nd_pmem_notify(struct device *dev, enum nvdimm_event event)
 	res.start = nsio->res.start + offset;
 	res.end = nsio->res.end - end_trunc;
 	nvdimm_badblocks_populate(nd_region, bb, &res);
+	if (bb_state)
+		sysfs_notify_dirent(bb_state);
 }
 
 MODULE_ALIAS("pmem");
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.h b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.h
index 7f4dbd72a90a..c5917f040fa7 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.h
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ struct pmem_device {
 	size_t			size;
 	/* trim size when namespace capacity has been section aligned */
 	u32			pfn_pad;
+	struct kernfs_node	*bb_state;
 	struct badblocks	bb;
 	struct dax_device	*dax_dev;
 	struct gendisk		*disk;
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/region.c b/drivers/nvdimm/region.c
index 869a886c292e..ca94029d20b3 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/region.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/region.c
@@ -58,10 +58,16 @@ static int nd_region_probe(struct device *dev)
 
 		if (devm_init_badblocks(dev, &nd_region->bb))
 			return -ENODEV;
+		nd_region->bb_state = sysfs_get_dirent(nd_region->dev.kobj.sd,
+						       "badblocks");
+		if (nd_region->bb_state)
+			sysfs_put(nd_region->bb_state);
+		else
+			dev_warn(&nd_region->dev,
+				"sysfs_get_dirent 'badblocks' failed\n");
 		ndr_res.start = nd_region->ndr_start;
 		ndr_res.end = nd_region->ndr_start + nd_region->ndr_size - 1;
-		nvdimm_badblocks_populate(nd_region,
-				&nd_region->bb, &ndr_res);
+		nvdimm_badblocks_populate(nd_region, &nd_region->bb, &ndr_res);
 	}
 
 	nd_region->btt_seed = nd_btt_create(nd_region);
@@ -126,6 +132,8 @@ static void nd_region_notify(struct device *dev, enum nvdimm_event event)
 				nd_region->ndr_size - 1;
 			nvdimm_badblocks_populate(nd_region,
 					&nd_region->bb, &res);
+			if (nd_region->bb_state)
+				sysfs_notify_dirent(nd_region->bb_state);
 		}
 	}
 	device_for_each_child(dev, &event, child_notify);