diff --git a/drivers/block/brd.c b/drivers/block/brd.c
index 00f3c5b51a01c882139ff5871b2d08ca5edba607..740631dcdd0e89fae60f8f9c568c1231b06f9052 100644
--- a/drivers/block/brd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/brd.c
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ static int brd_alloc(int i)
 	/* Tell the block layer that this is not a rotational device */
 	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, disk->queue);
 	blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_ADD_RANDOM, disk->queue);
+	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NOWAIT, disk->queue);
 	err = add_disk(disk);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_cleanup_disk;