diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 77b7cd9..00ac57c 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -201,15 +201,15 @@
  *	respective probe routines. This tells the core what to
  *	expect and prefer.
  *
- * @PROBE_DEFAULT_STRATEGY: Drivers expect their probe routines
- *	to run synchronously with driver and device registration
- *	(with the exception of -EPROBE_DEFER handling - re-probing
- *	always ends up being done asynchronously) unless user
- *	explicitly requested asynchronous probing via module
- *	parameter.
+ * @PROBE_DEFAULT_STRATEGY: Used by drivers that work equally well
+ *	whether probed synchronously or asynchronously.
  * @PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS: Drivers for "slow" devices which
  *	probing order is not essential for booting the system may
  *	opt into executing their probes asynchronously.
+ * @PROBE_FORCE_SYNCHRONOUS: Use this to annotate drivers that need
+ *	their probe routines to run synchronously with driver and
+ *	device registration (with the exception of -EPROBE_DEFER
+ *	handling - re-probing always ends up being done asynchronously).
  *
  * Note that the end goal is to switch the kernel to use asynchronous
  * probing by default, so annotating drivers with
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@
 enum probe_type {
 	PROBE_DEFAULT_STRATEGY,
 	PROBE_PREFER_ASYNCHRONOUS,
+	PROBE_FORCE_SYNCHRONOUS,
 };
 
 /**