diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index d5c9d886cd9f7..ef481c3d90192 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -924,6 +924,9 @@ static int hostfs_fill_sb_common(struct super_block *sb, void *d, int silent)
 	sb->s_op = &hostfs_sbops;
 	sb->s_d_op = &simple_dentry_operations;
 	sb->s_maxbytes = MAX_LFS_FILESIZE;
+	err = super_setup_bdi(sb);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
 
 	/* NULL is printed as '(null)' by printf(): avoid that. */
 	if (req_root == NULL)