extern int valid_swaphandles(swp_entry_t, unsigned long *);
 extern void swap_free(swp_entry_t);
 extern void free_swap_and_cache(swp_entry_t);
-extern int swap_type_of(dev_t, sector_t);
+extern int swap_type_of(dev_t, sector_t, struct block_device **);
 extern unsigned int count_swap_pages(int, int);
 extern sector_t map_swap_page(struct swap_info_struct *, pgoff_t);
 extern sector_t swapdev_block(int, pgoff_t);
 
 {
        int res;
 
-       res = swap_type_of(swsusp_resume_device, swsusp_resume_block);
+       res = swap_type_of(swsusp_resume_device, swsusp_resume_block,
+                       &resume_bdev);
        if (res < 0)
                return res;
 
        root_swap = res;
-       resume_bdev = open_by_devnum(swsusp_resume_device, FMODE_WRITE);
-       if (IS_ERR(resume_bdev))
-               return PTR_ERR(resume_bdev);
+       res = blkdev_get(resume_bdev, FMODE_WRITE, O_RDWR);
+       if (res)
+               return res;
 
        res = set_blocksize(resume_bdev, PAGE_SIZE);
        if (res < 0)
 
        memset(&data->handle, 0, sizeof(struct snapshot_handle));
        if ((filp->f_flags & O_ACCMODE) == O_RDONLY) {
                data->swap = swsusp_resume_device ?
-                               swap_type_of(swsusp_resume_device, 0) : -1;
+                       swap_type_of(swsusp_resume_device, 0, NULL) : -1;
                data->mode = O_RDONLY;
        } else {
                data->swap = -1;
                         * so we need to recode them
                         */
                        if (old_decode_dev(arg)) {
-                               data->swap = swap_type_of(old_decode_dev(arg), 0);
+                               data->swap = swap_type_of(old_decode_dev(arg),
+                                                       0, NULL);
                                if (data->swap < 0)
                                        error = -ENODEV;
                        } else {
                        swdev = old_decode_dev(swap_area.dev);
                        if (swdev) {
                                offset = swap_area.offset;
-                               data->swap = swap_type_of(swdev, offset);
+                               data->swap = swap_type_of(swdev, offset, NULL);
                                if (data->swap < 0)
                                        error = -ENODEV;
                        } else {
 
  *
  * This is needed for the suspend to disk (aka swsusp).
  */
-int swap_type_of(dev_t device, sector_t offset)
+int swap_type_of(dev_t device, sector_t offset, struct block_device **bdev_p)
 {
        struct block_device *bdev = NULL;
        int i;
                        continue;
 
                if (!bdev) {
+                       if (bdev_p)
+                               *bdev_p = sis->bdev;
+
                        spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
                        return i;
                }
                        se = list_entry(sis->extent_list.next,
                                        struct swap_extent, list);
                        if (se->start_block == offset) {
+                               if (bdev_p)
+                                       *bdev_p = sis->bdev;
+
                                spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
                                bdput(bdev);
                                return i;