1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
index 8d26c0f2be14..a8521338bf46 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -3068,6 +3068,14 @@ static int rbd_dev_image_id(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
         void *p;
 
         /*
+         * When probing a parent image, the image id is already
+         * known (and the image name likely is not).  There's no
+         * need to fetch the image id again in this case.
+         */
+        if (rbd_dev->spec->image_id)
+                return 0;
+
+        /*
          * First, see if the format 2 image id file exists, and if
          * so, get the image's persistent id from it.
          */