diff --git a/scst/src/dev_handlers/scst_vdisk.c b/scst/src/dev_handlers/scst_vdisk.c
index b2137e67a..ef0bec8ea 100644
--- a/scst/src/dev_handlers/scst_vdisk.c
+++ b/scst/src/dev_handlers/scst_vdisk.c
@@ -1347,6 +1347,12 @@ static int vdisk_open_fd(struct scst_vdisk_dev *virt_dev, bool read_only)
 		virt_dev->bdev = blkdev_get_by_path(virt_dev->filename,
 					virt_dev->bdev_mode, (void *)__func__);
 		res = IS_ERR(virt_dev->bdev) ? PTR_ERR(virt_dev->bdev) : 0;
+		if ((!virt_dev->dev_active) && (res == -ENOENT))
+		{
+			TRACE_MGMT_DBG("Skip opening for not active dev %s",
+			       virt_dev->dev->virt_name);
+			res = -EMEDIUMTYPE;
+		}
 	} else {
 		virt_dev->fd = vdev_open_fd(virt_dev, virt_dev->filename,
 					    read_only);