diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
index 9d699bd5f7151a2fb88ee57678117b62345157a9..cf6b9b1771f12cff597648423511b5f146440be5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -2405,7 +2405,7 @@ static struct  hv_driver netvsc_drv = {
 	.probe = netvsc_probe,
 	.remove = netvsc_remove,
 	.driver = {
-		.probe_type = PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS,
+		.probe_type = PROBE_FORCE_SYNCHRONOUS,
 	},
 };