1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/block/vhdx.c b/block/vhdx.c
index ab747f6393..052a753159 100644
--- a/block/vhdx.c
+++ b/block/vhdx.c
@@ -1859,7 +1859,8 @@ static int vhdx_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
     }
 
     blk = blk_new_open(filename, NULL, NULL,
-                       BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_PROTOCOL, &local_err);
+                       BDRV_O_RDWR | BDRV_O_RESIZE | BDRV_O_PROTOCOL,
+                       &local_err);
     if (blk == NULL) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         ret = -EIO;