diff --git a/kernel/resource.c b/kernel/resource.c
index 4d466052426b..5a56e8f24058 100644
--- a/kernel/resource.c
+++ b/kernel/resource.c
@@ -1085,15 +1085,16 @@ struct resource * __request_region(struct resource *parent,
 	res->name = name;
 	res->start = start;
 	res->end = start + n - 1;
-	res->flags = resource_type(parent) | resource_ext_type(parent);
-	res->flags |= IORESOURCE_BUSY | flags;
-	res->desc = IORES_DESC_NONE;
 
 	write_lock(&resource_lock);
 
 	for (;;) {
 		struct resource *conflict;
 
+		res->flags = resource_type(parent) | resource_ext_type(parent);
+		res->flags |= IORESOURCE_BUSY | flags;
+		res->desc = parent->desc;
+
 		conflict = __request_resource(parent, res);
 		if (!conflict)
 			break;