diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index ba73661fb9f3..e8af52355bf5 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -362,6 +362,18 @@ static void virtblk_config_changed(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	queue_work(virtblk_wq, &vblk->config_work);
 }
 
+static int init_vq(struct virtio_blk *vblk)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+
+	/* We expect one virtqueue, for output. */
+	vblk->vq = virtio_find_single_vq(vblk->vdev, blk_done, "requests");
+	if (IS_ERR(vblk->vq))
+		err = PTR_ERR(vblk->vq);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 static int __devinit virtblk_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 {
 	struct virtio_blk *vblk;
@@ -405,12 +417,9 @@ static int __devinit virtblk_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	INIT_WORK(&vblk->config_work, virtblk_config_changed_work);
 	vblk->config_enable = true;
 
-	/* We expect one virtqueue, for output. */
-	vblk->vq = virtio_find_single_vq(vdev, blk_done, "requests");
-	if (IS_ERR(vblk->vq)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(vblk->vq);
+	err = init_vq(vblk);
+	if (err)
 		goto out_free_vblk;
-	}
 
 	vblk->pool = mempool_create_kmalloc_pool(1,sizeof(struct virtblk_req));
 	if (!vblk->pool) {