diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index fae0846d9409e950f2c2aaa83e7201c6d0975a78..9d413c4fd64c1ede97c45fc33e57d73f1d3a5e60 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -169,6 +169,17 @@ 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);
 }
@@ -434,8 +445,8 @@ 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;
 		}