diff --git a/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/_init.sh.tpl b/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/_init.sh.tpl
index 44504a12f..b009a30a2 100644
--- a/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/_init.sh.tpl
+++ b/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/_init.sh.tpl
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ function osd_journal_create {
       --partition-guid=${osd_journal_partition}:${OSD_JOURNAL_UUID} \
       --typecode=${osd_journal_partition}:45b0969e-9b03-4f30-b4c6-b4b80ceff106 --mbrtogpt -- ${jdev}
     OSD_JOURNAL=$(dev_part ${jdev} ${osd_journal_partition})
+    udev_settle
   else
     echo "The backing device ${jdev} for ${OSD_JOURNAL} does not exist on this system."
     exit 1