diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h
index bda5c815e4415..a28473470e662 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h
@@ -226,6 +226,9 @@ struct xen_vbd {
 	sector_t		size;
 	unsigned int		flush_support:1;
 	unsigned int		discard_secure:1;
+	/* Connect-time cached feature_persistent parameter value */
+	unsigned int		feature_gnt_persistent_parm:1;
+	/* Persistent grants feature negotiation result */
 	unsigned int		feature_gnt_persistent:1;
 	unsigned int		overflow_max_grants:1;
 };
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
index 78b50ac11e191..1525e28c5d703 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ static void connect(struct backend_info *be)
 	xen_blkbk_barrier(xbt, be, be->blkif->vbd.flush_support);
 
 	err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename, "feature-persistent", "%u",
-			be->blkif->vbd.feature_gnt_persistent);
+			be->blkif->vbd.feature_gnt_persistent_parm);
 	if (err) {
 		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "writing %s/feature-persistent",
 				 dev->nodename);
@@ -1088,7 +1088,9 @@ static int connect_ring(struct backend_info *be)
 		return -ENOSYS;
 	}
 
-	blkif->vbd.feature_gnt_persistent = feature_persistent &&
+	blkif->vbd.feature_gnt_persistent_parm = feature_persistent;
+	blkif->vbd.feature_gnt_persistent =
+		blkif->vbd.feature_gnt_persistent_parm &&
 		xenbus_read_unsigned(dev->otherend, "feature-persistent", 0);
 
 	blkif->vbd.overflow_max_grants = 0;