diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c
index b3d05fcfe6d2..4fb809485d9e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ static int blkvsc_probe(struct device *device)
 		blkdev->gd->first_minor = 0;
 	blkdev->gd->fops = &block_ops;
 	blkdev->gd->private_data = blkdev;
+	blkdev->gd->driverfs_dev = &(blkdev->device_ctx->device);
 	sprintf(blkdev->gd->disk_name, "hd%c", 'a' + devnum);
 
 	blkvsc_do_inquiry(blkdev);