diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index 3b1a68d6eddb..0cfbe8c594a5 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ static int virtblk_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	vblk->disk->first_minor = index_to_minor(index);
 	vblk->disk->private_data = vblk;
 	vblk->disk->fops = &virtblk_fops;
+	vblk->disk->driverfs_dev = &vdev->dev;
 	index++;
 
 	/* If barriers are supported, tell block layer that queue is ordered */