diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_quirks.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_quirks.c
index 9065467d3..92ac8d940 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_quirks.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_quirks.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ static const struct nvme_quirk nvme_quirks[] = {
 		NVME_INTEL_QUIRK_WRITE_LATENCY |
 		NVME_INTEL_QUIRK_STRIPING |
 		NVME_QUIRK_READ_ZERO_AFTER_DEALLOCATE |
+		NVME_QUIRK_DELAY_BEFORE_INIT |
 		NVME_QUIRK_MINIMUM_IO_QUEUE_SIZE
 	},
 	{	{SPDK_PCI_CLASS_NVME, SPDK_PCI_VID_INTEL, 0x0A55, SPDK_PCI_ANY_ID, SPDK_PCI_ANY_ID},