diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-init.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-init.rst
index e5242ff17e9b..981d6a907699 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-init.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-init.rst
@@ -123,3 +123,11 @@ Other examples (per target):
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+
+For setups using device-mapper on top of asynchronously probed block
+devices (MMC, USB, ..), it may be necessary to tell dm-init to
+explicitly wait for them to become available before setting up the
+device-mapper tables. This can be done with the "dm-mod.waitfor="
+module parameter, which takes a list of devices to wait for::
+
+  dm-mod.waitfor=<device1>[,..,<deviceN>]
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-init.c b/drivers/md/dm-init.c
index b0c45c6ebe0b..dc4381d68313 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-init.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-init.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/device-mapper.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
@@ -18,12 +19,17 @@
 #define DM_MAX_DEVICES 256
 #define DM_MAX_TARGETS 256
 #define DM_MAX_STR_SIZE 4096
+#define DM_MAX_WAITFOR 256
 
 static char *create;
 
+static char *waitfor[DM_MAX_WAITFOR];
+
 /*
  * Format: dm-mod.create=<name>,<uuid>,<minor>,<flags>,<table>[,<table>+][;<name>,<uuid>,<minor>,<flags>,<table>[,<table>+]+]
  * Table format: <start_sector> <num_sectors> <target_type> <target_args>
+ * Block devices to wait for to become available before setting up tables:
+ * dm-mod.waitfor=<device1>[,..,<deviceN>]
  *
  * See Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-init.rst for dm-mod.create="..." format
  * details.
@@ -266,7 +272,7 @@ static int __init dm_init_init(void)
 	struct dm_device *dev;
 	LIST_HEAD(devices);
 	char *str;
-	int r;
+	int i, r;
 
 	if (!create)
 		return 0;
@@ -286,6 +292,17 @@ static int __init dm_init_init(void)
 	DMINFO("waiting for all devices to be available before creating mapped devices");
 	wait_for_device_probe();
 
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(waitfor); i++) {
+		if (waitfor[i]) {
+			DMINFO("waiting for device %s ...", waitfor[i]);
+			while (!dm_get_dev_t(waitfor[i]))
+				msleep(5);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (waitfor[0])
+		DMINFO("all devices available");
+
 	list_for_each_entry(dev, &devices, list) {
 		if (dm_early_create(&dev->dmi, dev->table,
 				    dev->target_args_array))
@@ -301,3 +318,6 @@ late_initcall(dm_init_init);
 
 module_param(create, charp, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(create, "Create a mapped device in early boot");
+
+module_param_array(waitfor, charp, NULL, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(waitfor, "Devices to wait for before setting up tables");