diff --git a/src/shared/dissect-image.c b/src/shared/dissect-image.c
index 0e2fb9afbe..4c2e41c8b8 100644
--- a/src/shared/dissect-image.c
+++ b/src/shared/dissect-image.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "string-util.h"
 #include "strv.h"
 #include "tmpfile-util.h"
+#include "udev-util.h"
 #include "user-util.h"
 #include "xattr-util.h"
 
@@ -165,6 +166,10 @@ static int wait_for_partitions_to_appear(
                 if (device_is_mmc_special_partition(q))
                         continue;
 
+                r = device_wait_for_initialization(q, "block", NULL);
+                if (r < 0)
+                        return r;
+
                 n++;
         }
 
@@ -219,12 +224,17 @@ static int loop_wait_for_partitions_to_appear(
                 sd_device *d,
                 unsigned num_partitions,
                 sd_device_enumerator **ret_enumerator) {
+        _cleanup_(sd_device_unrefp) sd_device *device = NULL;
         int r;
 
         log_debug("Waiting for device (parent + %d partitions) to appear...", num_partitions);
 
+        r = device_wait_for_initialization(d, "block", &device);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
         for (unsigned i = 0; i < N_DEVICE_NODE_LIST_ATTEMPTS; i++) {
-                r = wait_for_partitions_to_appear(fd, d, num_partitions, ret_enumerator);
+                r = wait_for_partitions_to_appear(fd, device, num_partitions, ret_enumerator);
                 if (r != -EAGAIN)
                         return r;
         }