diff --git a/headers/private/kernel/disk_device_manager/KDiskDeviceManager.h b/headers/private/kernel/disk_device_manager/KDiskDeviceManager.h
index 80494ff951..72eb0dbed1 100644
--- a/headers/private/kernel/disk_device_manager/KDiskDeviceManager.h
+++ b/headers/private/kernel/disk_device_manager/KDiskDeviceManager.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ public:
 	int32 CountDiskSystems();
 	KDiskSystem *NextDiskSystem(int32 *cookie);
 
+	KDiskSystem *LoadDiskSystem(const char *name);
 	KDiskSystem *LoadDiskSystem(disk_system_id id);
 	KDiskSystem *LoadNextDiskSystem(int32 *cookie);
 
diff --git a/src/kernel/core/disk_device_manager/KDiskDeviceManager.cpp b/src/kernel/core/disk_device_manager/KDiskDeviceManager.cpp
index 8244481ba7..6f19fde3b6 100644
--- a/src/kernel/core/disk_device_manager/KDiskDeviceManager.cpp
+++ b/src/kernel/core/disk_device_manager/KDiskDeviceManager.cpp
@@ -664,6 +664,19 @@ KDiskDeviceManager::NextDiskSystem(int32 *cookie)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+// LoadDiskSystem
+KDiskSystem *
+KDiskDeviceManager::LoadDiskSystem(const char *name)
+{
+	KDiskSystem *diskSystem = NULL;
+	if (ManagerLocker locker = this) {
+		diskSystem = FindDiskSystem(name);
+		if (diskSystem && diskSystem->Load() != B_OK)
+			diskSystem = NULL;
+	}
+	return diskSystem;
+}
+
 // LoadDiskSystem
 KDiskSystem *
 KDiskDeviceManager::LoadDiskSystem(disk_system_id id)