diff --git a/stand/i386/libi386/biosdisk.c b/stand/i386/libi386/biosdisk.c
index e4dfe3ff708..43cb63fde85 100644
--- a/stand/i386/libi386/biosdisk.c
+++ b/stand/i386/libi386/biosdisk.c
@@ -418,6 +418,9 @@ bd_print(int verbose)
 		if ((ret = pager_output(line)) != 0)
 			break;
 
+		if ((bdinfo[i].bd_flags & BD_NO_MEDIA) == BD_NO_MEDIA)
+			continue;
+
 		dev.dd.d_dev = &biosdisk;
 		dev.dd.d_unit = i;
 		dev.d_slice = -1;
@@ -464,6 +467,8 @@ bd_open(struct open_file *f, ...)
 	if ((BD(dev).bd_flags & BD_NO_MEDIA) == BD_NO_MEDIA) {
 		if (!bd_int13probe(&BD(dev)))
 			return (EIO);
+		if ((BD(dev).bd_flags & BD_NO_MEDIA) == BD_NO_MEDIA)
+			return (EIO);
 	}
 	BD(dev).bd_open++;
 	if (BD(dev).bd_bcache == NULL)
@@ -569,6 +574,9 @@ bd_realstrategy(void *devdata, int rw, daddr_t dblk, size_t size,
 	caddr_t bbuf;
 	int rc;
 
+	if ((BD(dev).bd_flags & BD_NO_MEDIA) == BD_NO_MEDIA)
+		return (EIO);
+
 	/*
 	 * First make sure the IO size is a multiple of 512 bytes. While we do
 	 * process partial reads below, the strategy mechanism is built