--- /dev/null
+--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c
++++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c
+@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ static long ubi_cdev_ioctl(struct file *
+ static long ctrl_cdev_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
+ unsigned long arg)
+ {
+- int err = 0;
++ int err = 0, force = 0;
+ void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
+
+ if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
+@@ -1024,6 +1024,10 @@ static long ctrl_cdev_ioctl(struct file
+ }
+
+ /* Detach an MTD device command */
++ case UBI_IOCFDET:
++ force = 1;
++ /* no break */
++
+ case UBI_IOCDET:
+ {
+ int ubi_num;
+@@ -1036,7 +1040,7 @@ static long ctrl_cdev_ioctl(struct file
+ }
+
+ mutex_lock(&ubi_devices_mutex);
+- err = ubi_detach_mtd_dev(ubi_num, 0);
++ err = ubi_detach_mtd_dev(ubi_num, force);
+ mutex_unlock(&ubi_devices_mutex);
+ break;
+ }
+--- a/include/uapi/mtd/ubi-user.h
++++ b/include/uapi/mtd/ubi-user.h
+@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@
+ #define UBI_IOCATT _IOW(UBI_CTRL_IOC_MAGIC, 64, struct ubi_attach_req)
+ /* Detach an MTD device */
+ #define UBI_IOCDET _IOW(UBI_CTRL_IOC_MAGIC, 65, __s32)
++#define UBI_IOCFDET _IOW(UBI_CTRL_IOC_MAGIC, 99, __s32)
+
+ /* ioctl commands of UBI volume character devices */
+