diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
index 29c0bfd74e8a19e1ce37d97033d40e959a8b5348..40b2cbd8a0b51fa997b2101ecc8a2451073501b3 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ static void blktrans_notify_add(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 {
 	struct mtd_blktrans_ops *tr;
 
-	if (mtd->type == MTD_ABSENT)
+	if (mtd->type == MTD_ABSENT || mtd->type == MTD_UBIVOLUME)
 		return;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(tr, &blktrans_majors, list)
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ int register_mtd_blktrans(struct mtd_blktrans_ops *tr)
 	list_add(&tr->list, &blktrans_majors);
 
 	mtd_for_each_device(mtd)
-		if (mtd->type != MTD_ABSENT)
+		if (mtd->type != MTD_ABSENT && mtd->type != MTD_UBIVOLUME)
 			tr->add_mtd(tr, mtd);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&mtd_table_mutex);