diff --git a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
index c5f84ee3d28a..72f1b9ce577b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -435,6 +435,12 @@ static int zram_make_request(struct request_queue *queue, struct bio *bio)
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct zram *zram = queue->queuedata;
 
+	if (unlikely(!zram->init_done)) {
+		set_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bio->bi_flags);
+		bio_endio(bio, 0);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	if (!valid_io_request(zram, bio)) {
 		zram_stat64_inc(zram, &zram->stats.invalid_io);
 		bio_io_error(bio);