diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
index b49e06ef121e..7a9618313ea3 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
@@ -698,6 +698,8 @@ ataid_complete(struct aoedev *d, struct aoetgt *t, unsigned char *id)
 			d->fw_ver, (long long)ssize);
 	d->ssize = ssize;
 	d->geo.start = 0;
+	if (d->flags & (DEVFL_GDALLOC|DEVFL_NEWSIZE))
+		return;
 	if (d->gd != NULL) {
 		d->gd->capacity = ssize;
 		d->flags |= DEVFL_NEWSIZE;