diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 6a9e8fd84f03b4b675b71ab959633e89dc6d7b1d..9dbd7cb3df1359ed28644050b5036c89a1c9ceec 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -172,6 +172,17 @@ static void nbd_requeue_cmd(struct nbd_cmd *cmd)
 {
 	struct request *req = blk_mq_rq_from_pdu(cmd);
 
+	lockdep_assert_held(&cmd->lock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Clear INFLIGHT flag so that this cmd won't be completed in
+	 * normal completion path
+	 *
+	 * INFLIGHT flag will be set when the cmd is queued to nbd next
+	 * time.
+	 */
+	__clear_bit(NBD_CMD_INFLIGHT, &cmd->flags);
+
 	if (!test_and_set_bit(NBD_CMD_REQUEUED, &cmd->flags))
 		blk_mq_requeue_request(req, true);
 }
@@ -453,8 +464,8 @@ static enum blk_eh_timer_return nbd_xmit_timeout(struct request *req,
 					nbd_mark_nsock_dead(nbd, nsock, 1);
 				mutex_unlock(&nsock->tx_lock);
 			}
-			mutex_unlock(&cmd->lock);
 			nbd_requeue_cmd(cmd);
+			mutex_unlock(&cmd->lock);
 			nbd_config_put(nbd);
 			return BLK_EH_DONE;
 		}