diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c
index 7646220ca6e2..20aeb277d8d4 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c
@@ -425,8 +425,10 @@ static long vol_cdev_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 			break;
 
 		err = ubi_start_update(ubi, vol, bytes);
-		if (bytes == 0)
+		if (bytes == 0) {
+			ubi_volume_notify(ubi, vol, UBI_VOLUME_UPDATED);
 			revoke_exclusive(desc, UBI_READWRITE);
+		}
 		break;
 	}