diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index 923dbc2..152d3e6 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -1081,6 +1081,7 @@ static void __driver_attach_async_helper(void *_dev, async_cookie_t cookie)
 
 	__device_driver_lock(dev, dev->parent);
 	drv = dev->p->async_driver;
+	dev->p->async_driver = NULL;
 	ret = driver_probe_device(drv, dev);
 	__device_driver_unlock(dev, dev->parent);
 
@@ -1127,7 +1128,7 @@ static int __driver_attach(struct device *dev, void *data)
 		 */
 		dev_dbg(dev, "probing driver %s asynchronously\n", drv->name);
 		device_lock(dev);
-		if (!dev->driver) {
+		if (!dev->driver && !dev->p->async_driver) {
 			get_device(dev);
 			dev->p->async_driver = drv;
 			async_schedule_dev(__driver_attach_async_helper, dev);