diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/pci-me.c b/drivers/misc/mei/pci-me.c
index 8621a198a2ce3eae317e4007cd6c533b56cfecc4..8bf9a3d9792d22cc4661b254fc3a7af84cf4dcec 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/pci-me.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/pci-me.c
@@ -485,6 +485,7 @@ static struct pci_driver mei_me_driver = {
 	.remove = mei_me_remove,
 	.shutdown = mei_me_shutdown,
 	.driver.pm = MEI_ME_PM_OPS,
+	.driver.probe_type = PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS,
 };
 
 module_pci_driver(mei_me_driver);