diff --git a/kernel/resource.c b/kernel/resource.c
index a8344dda7049..673061c06da1 100644
--- a/kernel/resource.c
+++ b/kernel/resource.c
@@ -945,8 +945,8 @@ struct resource * __request_region(struct resource *parent,
 	res->name = name;
 	res->start = start;
 	res->end = start + n - 1;
-	res->flags = IORESOURCE_BUSY;
-	res->flags |= flags;
+	res->flags = resource_type(parent);
+	res->flags |= IORESOURCE_BUSY | flags;
 
 	write_lock(&resource_lock);