diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index 89ba8d6baa94393ffdd3546e7744a3f1aec1ed2b..34ec273b1d4698d51f15240dc4ee09ee13bb1af1 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -719,6 +719,8 @@ static int virtblk_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	if (!err && opt_io_size)
 		blk_queue_io_opt(q, blk_size * opt_io_size);
 
+	virtio_device_ready(vdev);
+
 	add_disk(vblk->disk);
 	err = device_create_file(disk_to_dev(vblk->disk), &dev_attr_serial);
 	if (err)