diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
index 4e7003db12c4a4385034231d23cd1318006eca04..181793f078524ae8c06751d4b03677a132b4a7c3 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
@@ -577,6 +577,8 @@ static int virtballoon_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 
 	virtio_device_ready(vdev);
 
+	if (towards_target(vb))
+		virtballoon_changed(vdev);
 	return 0;
 
 out_del_vqs: