diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index d6dfa286ddb3..4b0b25cc916e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -2719,6 +2719,7 @@ enum drbd_ret_code drbd_create_device(struct drbd_config_context *adm_ctx, unsig
 	sprintf(disk->disk_name, "drbd%d", minor);
 	disk->private_data = device;
 
+	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_STABLE_WRITES, disk->queue);
 	blk_queue_write_cache(disk->queue, true, true);
 	/* Setting the max_hw_sectors to an odd value of 8kibyte here
 	   This triggers a max_bio_size message upon first attach or connect */