diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 742f8160b6e2..62a873718b5b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static void nbd_size_clear(struct nbd_device *nbd)
 	}
 }
 
-static void nbd_size_update(struct nbd_device *nbd)
+static void nbd_size_update(struct nbd_device *nbd, bool start)
 {
 	struct nbd_config *config = nbd->config;
 	struct block_device *bdev = bdget_disk(nbd->disk, 0);
@@ -312,7 +312,8 @@ static void nbd_size_update(struct nbd_device *nbd)
 	if (bdev) {
 		if (bdev->bd_disk) {
 			bd_set_size(bdev, config->bytesize);
-			set_blocksize(bdev, config->blksize);
+			if (start)
+				set_blocksize(bdev, config->blksize);
 		} else
 			bdev->bd_invalidated = 1;
 		bdput(bdev);
@@ -327,7 +328,7 @@ static void nbd_size_set(struct nbd_device *nbd, loff_t blocksize,
 	config->blksize = blocksize;
 	config->bytesize = blocksize * nr_blocks;
 	if (nbd->task_recv != NULL)
-		nbd_size_update(nbd);
+		nbd_size_update(nbd, false);
 }
 
 static void nbd_complete_rq(struct request *req)
@@ -1293,7 +1294,7 @@ static int nbd_start_device(struct nbd_device *nbd)
 		args->index = i;
 		queue_work(nbd->recv_workq, &args->work);
 	}
-	nbd_size_update(nbd);
+	nbd_size_update(nbd, true);
 	return error;
 }