diff --git a/modules.d/90dmsquash-live/parse-dmsquash-live.sh b/modules.d/90dmsquash-live/parse-dmsquash-live.sh
index 5cbcd2ce..a733144c 100755
--- a/modules.d/90dmsquash-live/parse-dmsquash-live.sh
+++ b/modules.d/90dmsquash-live/parse-dmsquash-live.sh
@@ -45,3 +45,5 @@ info "liveroot was $liveroot, is now $root"
 
 # make sure that init doesn't complain
 [ -z "$root" ] && root="live"
+
+wait_for_dev /dev/mapper/live-rw
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