diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index 64ff137408b8c2521999c37ccd6fdd275ae77226..3e62b2f24bfb899ecc7e04224d385dd05d6d7ec4 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -897,6 +897,7 @@ static void __device_attach_async_helper(void *_dev, async_cookie_t cookie)
 static int __device_attach(struct device *dev, bool allow_async)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
+	bool async = false;
 
 	device_lock(dev);
 	if (dev->p->dead) {
@@ -935,7 +936,7 @@ static int __device_attach(struct device *dev, bool allow_async)
 			 */
 			dev_dbg(dev, "scheduling asynchronous probe\n");
 			get_device(dev);
-			async_schedule_dev(__device_attach_async_helper, dev);
+			async = true;
 		} else {
 			pm_request_idle(dev);
 		}
@@ -945,6 +946,8 @@ static int __device_attach(struct device *dev, bool allow_async)
 	}
 out_unlock:
 	device_unlock(dev);
+	if (async)
+		async_schedule_dev(__device_attach_async_helper, dev);
 	return ret;
 }