diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 60d04ac80..bcb84e655 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 *.sdtstub.S
 *~
 .cache.mk
+.cache/
 .ctf
 .depend_adm
 .depend_d
diff --git a/scst/src/dev_handlers/scst_vdisk.c b/scst/src/dev_handlers/scst_vdisk.c
index 2d044cce4..4e52a229f 100644
--- a/scst/src/dev_handlers/scst_vdisk.c
+++ b/scst/src/dev_handlers/scst_vdisk.c
@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@ static int vdisk_open_fd(struct scst_vdisk_dev *virt_dev, bool read_only)
 	 * For block devices, get the optimal I/O size from the block device
 	 * characteristics.
 	 */
-	if (virt_dev->bdev_handle && !virt_dev->opt_trans_len_set)
+	if (virt_dev->blockio && !virt_dev->opt_trans_len_set)
 		virt_dev->opt_trans_len = bdev_io_opt(virt_dev->bdev_handle->bdev) ? :
 					  virt_dev->opt_trans_len;