diff --git a/sys/kern/vfs_mountroot.c b/sys/kern/vfs_mountroot.c
index 851a9c83966..7e88a58fdb9 100644
--- a/sys/kern/vfs_mountroot.c
+++ b/sys/kern/vfs_mountroot.c
@@ -1041,6 +1041,8 @@ vfs_mountroot_wait_if_neccessary(const char *fs, const char *dev)
 	 * to behave exactly as it used to work before.
 	 */
 	vfs_mountroot_wait();
+	if (parse_mount_dev_present(dev))
+		return (0);
 	printf("mountroot: waiting for device %s...\n", dev);
 	delay = hz / 10;
 	timeout = root_mount_timeout * hz;