diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/heaps/msm_ion.c b/drivers/staging/android/ion/heaps/msm_ion.c
index 1f97b25ad..f5499fa14 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/heaps/msm_ion.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/heaps/msm_ion.c
@@ -649,6 +649,7 @@ static struct platform_driver msm_ion_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name = "ion-msm",
 		.of_match_table = msm_ion_match_table,
+		.probe_type = PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS,
 	},
 };