diff --git a/headers/private/kernel/disk_device_manager/KDiskDeviceManager.h b/headers/private/kernel/disk_device_manager/KDiskDeviceManager.h
index 3ea2063b9e..6a2989cff7 100644
--- a/headers/private/kernel/disk_device_manager/KDiskDeviceManager.h
+++ b/headers/private/kernel/disk_device_manager/KDiskDeviceManager.h
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ public:
 	int32 CountJobQueues();
 	KDiskDeviceJobQueue *NextJobQueue(int32 *cookie);
 
+	KDiskDeviceJobFactory *JobFactory() const;
+
 	// Disk Systems
 
 	// manager must be locked
diff --git a/src/kernel/core/disk_device_manager/KDiskDeviceManager.cpp b/src/kernel/core/disk_device_manager/KDiskDeviceManager.cpp
index 16f0fee25c..8b941180fc 100644
--- a/src/kernel/core/disk_device_manager/KDiskDeviceManager.cpp
+++ b/src/kernel/core/disk_device_manager/KDiskDeviceManager.cpp
@@ -650,6 +650,7 @@ KDiskDeviceManager::AddJobQueue(KDiskDeviceJobQueue *jobQueue)
 			return error;
 		}
 	}
+	// TODO: mark the concerned partitions busy /descendant busy
 	// start its execution
 	error = jobQueue->Execute();
 	if (error != B_OK)
@@ -696,6 +697,13 @@ KDiskDeviceManager::NextJobQueue(int32 *cookie)
 	return fJobQueues->ElementAt((*cookie)++);
 }
 
+// JobFactory
+KDiskDeviceJobFactory *
+KDiskDeviceManager::JobFactory() const
+{
+	return fJobFactory;
+}
+
 // FindDiskSystem
 KDiskSystem *
 KDiskDeviceManager::FindDiskSystem(const char *name)