diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
index 784797fa9a53..90b947c96402 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -4943,6 +4943,7 @@ static int rbd_init_disk(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
 		disk->minors = RBD_MINORS_PER_MAJOR;
 	}
 	disk->fops = &rbd_bd_ops;
+	disk->private_data = rbd_dev;
 
 	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, q);
 	/* QUEUE_FLAG_ADD_RANDOM is off by default for blk-mq */