diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/xpram.c b/drivers/s390/block/xpram.c
index 690c3338a8ae..464dd29d06c0 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/xpram.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/xpram.c
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ static int __init xpram_setup_blkdev(void)
 			put_disk(xpram_disks[i]);
 			goto out;
 		}
+		queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, xpram_queues[i]);
 		blk_queue_make_request(xpram_queues[i], xpram_make_request);
 		blk_queue_logical_block_size(xpram_queues[i], 4096);
 	}