diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.c b/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.c
index 48f8327d0431..20da455d2ef6 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.c
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ static int virtio_pmem_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	ndr_desc.provider_data = vdev;
 	set_bit(ND_REGION_PAGEMAP, &ndr_desc.flags);
 	set_bit(ND_REGION_ASYNC, &ndr_desc.flags);
+	/*
+	 * The NVDIMM region could be available before the
+	 * virtio_device_ready() that is called by
+	 * virtio_dev_probe(), so we set device ready here.
+	 */
+	virtio_device_ready(vdev);
 	nd_region = nvdimm_pmem_region_create(vpmem->nvdimm_bus, &ndr_desc);
 	if (!nd_region) {
 		dev_err(&vdev->dev, "failed to create nvdimm region\n");
@@ -92,6 +98,7 @@ static int virtio_pmem_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	}
 	return 0;
 out_nd:
+	virtio_reset_device(vdev);
 	nvdimm_bus_unregister(vpmem->nvdimm_bus);
 out_vq:
 	vdev->config->del_vqs(vdev);