diff --git a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
index e1c26b10183067d02a66f56f8ffb3094fb13f2cc..990afab2be1bcc1732167def7eb0336e38509588 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
@@ -577,6 +577,10 @@ static int p9_virtio_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	mutex_lock(&virtio_9p_lock);
 	list_add_tail(&chan->chan_list, &virtio_chan_list);
 	mutex_unlock(&virtio_9p_lock);
+
+	/* Let udev rules use the new mount_tag attribute. */
+	kobject_uevent(&(vdev->dev.kobj), KOBJ_CHANGE);
+
 	return 0;
 
 out_free_tag:
@@ -654,6 +658,7 @@ static void p9_virtio_remove(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	list_del(&chan->chan_list);
 	mutex_unlock(&virtio_9p_lock);
 	sysfs_remove_file(&(vdev->dev.kobj), &dev_attr_mount_tag.attr);
+	kobject_uevent(&(vdev->dev.kobj), KOBJ_CHANGE);
 	kfree(chan->tag);
 	kfree(chan->vc_wq);
 	kfree(chan);