diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 6a72c07ce3cbad6f03ad9f5e515abdcbeda12374..05153b84d5400f20a97eecc0b086fd62655509ad 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ struct nbd_device {
 };
 
 #define NBD_CMD_REQUEUED	1
+/*
+ * This flag will be set if nbd_queue_rq() succeed, and will be checked and
+ * cleared in completion. Both setting and clearing of the flag are protected
+ * by cmd->lock.
+ */
+#define NBD_CMD_INFLIGHT	2
 
 struct nbd_cmd {
 	struct nbd_device *nbd;
@@ -369,6 +375,7 @@ static enum blk_eh_timer_return nbd_xmit_timeout(struct request *req,
 	if (!mutex_trylock(&cmd->lock))
 		return BLK_EH_RESET_TIMER;
 
+	__clear_bit(NBD_CMD_INFLIGHT, &cmd->flags);
 	if (!refcount_inc_not_zero(&nbd->config_refs)) {
 		cmd->status = BLK_STS_TIMEOUT;
 		mutex_unlock(&cmd->lock);
@@ -674,6 +681,12 @@ static struct nbd_cmd *nbd_read_stat(struct nbd_device *nbd, int index)
 	cmd = blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(req);
 
 	mutex_lock(&cmd->lock);
+	if (!__test_and_clear_bit(NBD_CMD_INFLIGHT, &cmd->flags)) {
+		dev_err(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk), "Suspicious reply %d (status %u flags %lu)",
+			tag, cmd->status, cmd->flags);
+		ret = -ENOENT;
+		goto out;
+	}
 	if (cmd->cmd_cookie != nbd_handle_to_cookie(handle)) {
 		dev_err(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk), "Double reply on req %p, cmd_cookie %u, handle cookie %u\n",
 			req, cmd->cmd_cookie, nbd_handle_to_cookie(handle));
@@ -768,6 +781,7 @@ static void nbd_clear_req(struct request *req, void *data, bool reserved)
 	struct nbd_cmd *cmd = blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(req);
 
 	mutex_lock(&cmd->lock);
+	__clear_bit(NBD_CMD_INFLIGHT, &cmd->flags);
 	cmd->status = BLK_STS_IOERR;
 	mutex_unlock(&cmd->lock);
 
@@ -903,7 +917,13 @@ static int nbd_handle_cmd(struct nbd_cmd *cmd, int index)
 	 * returns EAGAIN can be retried on a different socket.
 	 */
 	ret = nbd_send_cmd(nbd, cmd, index);
-	if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
+	/*
+	 * Access to this flag is protected by cmd->lock, thus it's safe to set
+	 * the flag after nbd_send_cmd() succeed to send request to server.
+	 */
+	if (!ret)
+		__set_bit(NBD_CMD_INFLIGHT, &cmd->flags);
+	else if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
 		dev_err_ratelimited(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk),
 				    "Request send failed, requeueing\n");
 		nbd_mark_nsock_dead(nbd, nsock, 1);