diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
index 1d54833ade3fd27280b8efc1d37f0f46fc36f87c..69c6cc77130c7e29f2f83b4e2710bdacfb1d25d4 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
@@ -2581,6 +2581,7 @@ static void acpi_nfit_scrub(struct work_struct *work)
 			acpi_nfit_register_region(acpi_desc, nfit_spa);
 		}
 	}
+	acpi_desc->init_complete = 1;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(nfit_spa, &acpi_desc->spas, list)
 		acpi_nfit_async_scrub(acpi_desc, nfit_spa);
@@ -2784,6 +2785,12 @@ static int acpi_nfit_flush_probe(struct nvdimm_bus_descriptor *nd_desc)
 	device_lock(dev);
 	device_unlock(dev);
 
+	/* bounce the init_mutex to make init_complete valid */
+	mutex_lock(&acpi_desc->init_mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&acpi_desc->init_mutex);
+	if (acpi_desc->init_complete)
+		return 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * Scrub work could take 10s of seconds, userspace may give up so we
 	 * need to be interruptible while waiting.
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit/nfit.h b/drivers/acpi/nfit/nfit.h
index aaabd2721f8e85a630919964a9755716e5b16269..fac098bfa5856acede40863ffad0aaf5aa73e645 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/nfit/nfit.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit/nfit.h
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ struct acpi_nfit_desc {
 	unsigned int scrub_count;
 	unsigned int scrub_mode;
 	unsigned int cancel:1;
+	unsigned int init_complete:1;
 	unsigned long dimm_cmd_force_en;
 	unsigned long bus_cmd_force_en;
 	int (*blk_do_io)(struct nd_blk_region *ndbr, resource_size_t dpa,