diff --git a/drivers/block/brd.c b/drivers/block/brd.c
index 66cb0f857f64659cf8ef1fc88b15fd0a0c06409b..39c5b90cc187798907595a2118f057c4cf281ff2 100644
--- a/drivers/block/brd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/brd.c
@@ -402,6 +402,10 @@ static struct brd_device *brd_alloc(int i)
 	set_capacity(disk, rd_size * 2);
 	disk->queue->backing_dev_info->capabilities |= BDI_CAP_SYNCHRONOUS_IO;
 
+	/* Tell the block layer that this is not a rotational device */
+	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, disk->queue);
+	blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_ADD_RANDOM, disk->queue);
+
 	return brd;
 
 out_free_queue: