diff --git a/block/bdev.c b/block/bdev.c
index f3b13aa1b7d4..04dba25b0019 100644
--- a/block/bdev.c
+++ b/block/bdev.c
@@ -425,6 +425,8 @@ void bdev_set_nr_sectors(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sectors)
 
 void bdev_add(struct block_device *bdev, dev_t dev)
 {
+	if (bdev_stable_writes(bdev))
+		mapping_set_stable_writes(bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping);
 	bdev->bd_dev = dev;
 	bdev->bd_inode->i_rdev = dev;
 	bdev->bd_inode->i_ino = dev;