diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h
index a1b9df2c4ef1a56ce3dd3f26bc5feb53844f8f21..040829e2d01623259be6636e611036879c351e0a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ struct xen_blkif {
 
 	struct work_struct	free_work;
 	unsigned int 		nr_ring_pages;
+	bool			multi_ref;
 	/* All rings for this device. */
 	struct xen_blkif_ring	*rings;
 	unsigned int		nr_rings;
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
index 9860d4842f36c7889e8e495464c5c02c7432e9cc..6c5e9373e91c35e49b7dd7f0d7896a2da3a3ad24 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
@@ -998,14 +998,17 @@ static int read_per_ring_refs(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring, const char *dir)
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_grefs; i++) {
 		char ring_ref_name[RINGREF_NAME_LEN];
 
-		snprintf(ring_ref_name, RINGREF_NAME_LEN, "ring-ref%u", i);
+		if (blkif->multi_ref)
+			snprintf(ring_ref_name, RINGREF_NAME_LEN, "ring-ref%u", i);
+		else {
+			WARN_ON(i != 0);
+			snprintf(ring_ref_name, RINGREF_NAME_LEN, "ring-ref");
+		}
+
 		err = xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, dir, ring_ref_name,
 				   "%u", &ring_ref[i]);
 
 		if (err != 1) {
-			if (nr_grefs == 1)
-				break;
-
 			err = -EINVAL;
 			xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "reading %s/%s",
 					 dir, ring_ref_name);
@@ -1013,18 +1016,6 @@ static int read_per_ring_refs(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring, const char *dir)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (err != 1) {
-		WARN_ON(nr_grefs != 1);
-
-		err = xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, dir, "ring-ref", "%u",
-				   &ring_ref[0]);
-		if (err != 1) {
-			err = -EINVAL;
-			xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "reading %s/ring-ref", dir);
-			return err;
-		}
-	}
-
 	err = -ENOMEM;
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_grefs * XEN_BLKIF_REQS_PER_PAGE; i++) {
 		req = kzalloc(sizeof(*req), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -1129,10 +1120,15 @@ static int connect_ring(struct backend_info *be)
 		 blkif->nr_rings, blkif->blk_protocol, protocol,
 		 blkif->vbd.feature_gnt_persistent ? "persistent grants" : "");
 
-	ring_page_order = xenbus_read_unsigned(dev->otherend,
-					       "ring-page-order", 0);
-
-	if (ring_page_order > xen_blkif_max_ring_order) {
+	err = xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, dev->otherend, "ring-page-order", "%u",
+			   &ring_page_order);
+	if (err != 1) {
+		blkif->nr_ring_pages = 1;
+		blkif->multi_ref = false;
+	} else if (ring_page_order <= xen_blkif_max_ring_order) {
+		blkif->nr_ring_pages = 1 << ring_page_order;
+		blkif->multi_ref = true;
+	} else {
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err,
 				 "requested ring page order %d exceed max:%d",
@@ -1141,8 +1137,6 @@ static int connect_ring(struct backend_info *be)
 		return err;
 	}
 
-	blkif->nr_ring_pages = 1 << ring_page_order;
-
 	if (blkif->nr_rings == 1)
 		return read_per_ring_refs(&blkif->rings[0], dev->otherend);
 	else {