diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c
index 1b6573216998..625447f645d9 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c
@@ -649,6 +649,7 @@ static int __devinit virtio_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
 		goto out_req_regions;
 
 	pci_set_drvdata(pci_dev, vp_dev);
+	pci_set_master(pci_dev);
 
 	/* we use the subsystem vendor/device id as the virtio vendor/device
 	 * id.  this allows us to use the same PCI vendor/device id for all