diff --git a/pkg/systemstatsmonitor/disk_collector.go b/pkg/systemstatsmonitor/disk_collector.go
index 66cc30a9e..7e30eed1d 100644
--- a/pkg/systemstatsmonitor/disk_collector.go
+++ b/pkg/systemstatsmonitor/disk_collector.go
@@ -244,8 +244,15 @@ func (dc *diskCollector) collect() {
 	if dc.config.IncludeRootBlk {
 		devices = append(devices, listRootBlockDevices(dc.config.LsblkTimeout)...)
 	}
+
+	partitions, err := disk.Partitions(false)
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("Failed to list disk partitions: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
 	if dc.config.IncludeAllAttachedBlk {
-		devices = append(devices, listAttachedBlockDevices()...)
+		devices = append(devices, listAttachedBlockDevices(partitions)...)
 	}
 
 	// Fetch metrics from /proc, /sys.
@@ -254,11 +261,6 @@ func (dc *diskCollector) collect() {
 		glog.Errorf("Failed to retrieve disk IO counters: %v", err)
 		return
 	}
-	partitions, err := disk.Partitions(false)
-	if err != nil {
-		glog.Errorf("Failed to list disk partitions: %v", err)
-		return
-	}
 	sampleTime := time.Now()
 	defer func() { dc.lastSampleTime = sampleTime }()
 
@@ -310,15 +312,9 @@ func listRootBlockDevices(timeout time.Duration) []string {
 }
 
 // listAttachedBlockDevices lists all currently attached block devices.
-func listAttachedBlockDevices() []string {
+func listAttachedBlockDevices(partitions []disk.PartitionStat) []string {
 	blks := []string{}
 
-	partitions, err := disk.Partitions(false)
-	if err != nil {
-		glog.Errorf("Failed to retrieve the list of disk partitions: %v", err)
-		return blks
-	}
-
 	for _, partition := range partitions {
 		blks = append(blks, partition.Device)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/systemstatsmonitor/system_stats_monitor_test.go b/pkg/systemstatsmonitor/system_stats_monitor_test.go
index 2f74b81c8..5beb550ce 100644
--- a/pkg/systemstatsmonitor/system_stats_monitor_test.go
+++ b/pkg/systemstatsmonitor/system_stats_monitor_test.go
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ func TestRegistration(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotPanics(t,
 		func() { problemdaemon.GetProblemDaemonHandlerOrDie(SystemStatsMonitorName) },
 		"System stats monitor failed to register itself as a problem daemon.")
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}