diff --git a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
index 004f367243b6..41ed30a18b37 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
@@ -5006,15 +5006,22 @@ static int ublk_ctrl_get_features(const struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd *header)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void ublk_ctrl_set_size(struct ublk_device *ub, const struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd *header)
+static int ublk_ctrl_set_size(struct ublk_device *ub, const struct ublksrv_ctrl_cmd *header)
 {
 	struct ublk_param_basic *p = &ub->params.basic;
 	u64 new_size = header->data[0];
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&ub->mutex);
+	if (!ub->ub_disk) {
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+		goto out;
+	}
 	p->dev_sectors = new_size;
 	set_capacity_and_notify(ub->ub_disk, p->dev_sectors);
+out:
 	mutex_unlock(&ub->mutex);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 struct count_busy {
@@ -5335,8 +5342,7 @@ static int ublk_ctrl_uring_cmd(struct io_uring_cmd *cmd,
 		ret = ublk_ctrl_end_recovery(ub, &header);
 		break;
 	case UBLK_CMD_UPDATE_SIZE:
-		ublk_ctrl_set_size(ub, &header);
-		ret = 0;
+		ret = ublk_ctrl_set_size(ub, &header);
 		break;
 	case UBLK_CMD_QUIESCE_DEV:
 		ret = ublk_ctrl_quiesce_dev(ub, &header);