diff --git a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
index 1114cadfb960df62b95abfc3d6a99d360aeb37ce..85055c4fc2f261a34afc35da2c55881919edb13f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -442,16 +442,13 @@ static void zram_make_request(struct request_queue *queue, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	struct zram *zram = queue->queuedata;
 
-	if (unlikely(!zram->init_done) && zram_init_device(zram))
-		goto error;
-
 	down_read(&zram->init_lock);
 	if (unlikely(!zram->init_done))
-		goto error_unlock;
+		goto error;
 
 	if (!valid_io_request(zram, bio)) {
 		zram_stat64_inc(zram, &zram->stats.invalid_io);
-		goto error_unlock;
+		goto error;
 	}
 
 	__zram_make_request(zram, bio, bio_data_dir(bio));
@@ -459,9 +456,8 @@ static void zram_make_request(struct request_queue *queue, struct bio *bio)
 
 	return;
 
-error_unlock:
-	up_read(&zram->init_lock);
 error:
+	up_read(&zram->init_lock);
 	bio_io_error(bio);
 }
 
@@ -510,18 +506,12 @@ void zram_reset_device(struct zram *zram)
 	up_write(&zram->init_lock);
 }
 
+/* zram->init_lock should be held */
 int zram_init_device(struct zram *zram)
 {
 	int ret;
 	size_t num_pages;
 
-	down_write(&zram->init_lock);
-
-	if (zram->init_done) {
-		up_write(&zram->init_lock);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	if (zram->disksize > 2 * (totalram_pages << PAGE_SHIFT)) {
 		pr_info(
 		"There is little point creating a zram of greater than "
@@ -570,7 +560,6 @@ int zram_init_device(struct zram *zram)
 	}
 
 	zram->init_done = 1;
-	up_write(&zram->init_lock);
 
 	pr_debug("Initialization done!\n");
 	return 0;
@@ -580,7 +569,6 @@ int zram_init_device(struct zram *zram)
 	zram->disksize = 0;
 fail:
 	__zram_reset_device(zram);
-	up_write(&zram->init_lock);
 	pr_err("Initialization failed: err=%d\n", ret);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_sysfs.c b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_sysfs.c
index 4143af9fcc1b979f21848ca9692cb3d86a5f4fcc..369db1250f9635955a232176b1db721ff0737053 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_sysfs.c
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ static ssize_t disksize_store(struct device *dev,
 
 	zram->disksize = PAGE_ALIGN(disksize);
 	set_capacity(zram->disk, zram->disksize >> SECTOR_SHIFT);
+	zram_init_device(zram);
 	up_write(&zram->init_lock);
 
 	return len;