diff --git a/drivers/xen/blkback/blkback.c b/drivers/xen/blkback/blkback.c
index a2ac7189cc0acc19aa523d63830e371393f09554..6d897664802d92257caa3c1443cbd9adc71b7a81 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/blkback/blkback.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/blkback/blkback.c
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ static void print_stats(blkif_t *blkif)
 int blkif_schedule(void *arg)
 {
 	blkif_t *blkif = arg;
+	struct vbd *vbd = &blkif->vbd;
 
 	blkif_get(blkif);
 
@@ -216,6 +217,8 @@ int blkif_schedule(void *arg)
 	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
 		if (try_to_freeze())
 			continue;
+		if (unlikely(vbd->size != vbd_size(vbd)))
+			vbd_resize(blkif);
 
 		wait_event_interruptible(
 			blkif->wq,
diff --git a/drivers/xen/blkback/common.h b/drivers/xen/blkback/common.h
index aaf36485bc019a8234fde172767117a2f42d5842..cebcc2b7e9f63a46f21882b7665106b0c36f488e 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/blkback/common.h
+++ b/drivers/xen/blkback/common.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ struct vbd {
 	unsigned char  type;        /* VDISK_xxx */
 	u32            pdevice;     /* phys device that this vbd maps to */
 	struct block_device *bdev;
+	sector_t       size;        /* Cached size parameter */
 };
 
 struct backend_info;
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ blkif_t *blkif_alloc(domid_t domid);
 void blkif_disconnect(blkif_t *blkif);
 void blkif_free(blkif_t *blkif);
 int blkif_map(blkif_t *blkif, unsigned long shared_page, unsigned int evtchn);
+void vbd_resize(blkif_t *blkif);
 
 #define blkif_get(_b) (atomic_inc(&(_b)->refcnt))
 #define blkif_put(_b)					\
diff --git a/drivers/xen/blkback/vbd.c b/drivers/xen/blkback/vbd.c
index 410c2eac5ad7f819c2ab7c8762523914f1693eb5..0635c54079f84a9fbce43647f5c64617fb9a79e0 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/blkback/vbd.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/blkback/vbd.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ int vbd_create(blkif_t *blkif, blkif_vdev_t handle, unsigned major,
 	}
 
 	vbd->bdev = bdev;
+	vbd->size = vbd_size(vbd);
 
 	if (vbd->bdev->bd_disk == NULL) {
 		DPRINTK("vbd_creat: device %08x doesn't exist.\n",
@@ -116,3 +117,45 @@ int vbd_translate(struct phys_req *req, blkif_t *blkif, int operation)
  out:
 	return rc;
 }
+
+void vbd_resize(blkif_t *blkif)
+{
+	struct vbd *vbd = &blkif->vbd;
+	struct xenbus_transaction xbt;
+	int err;
+	struct xenbus_device *dev = blkif->be->dev;
+	unsigned long long new_size = vbd_size(vbd);
+
+	printk(KERN_INFO "VBD Resize: new size %Lu\n", new_size);
+	vbd->size = new_size;
+again:
+	err = xenbus_transaction_start(&xbt);
+	if (err) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "Error starting transaction");
+		return;
+	}
+	err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename, "sectors", "%Lu",
+			    vbd_size(vbd));
+	if (err) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "Error writing new size");
+		goto abort;
+	}
+	/*
+	 * Write the current state; we will use this to synchronize
+	 * the front-end. If the current state is "connected" the
+	 * front-end will get the new size information online.
+	 */
+	err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename, "state", "%d", dev->state);
+	if (err) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "Error writing the state");
+		goto abort;
+	}
+
+	err = xenbus_transaction_end(xbt, 0);
+	if (err == -EAGAIN)
+		goto again;
+	if (err)
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "Error ending transaction");
+abort:
+	xenbus_transaction_end(xbt, 1);
+}