diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index b94a735bfe3c..95cab69d9c8b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -289,15 +289,6 @@ static enum blk_eh_timer_return nbd_xmit_timeout(struct request *req,
 		cmd->status = BLK_STS_TIMEOUT;
 		return BLK_EH_HANDLED;
 	}
-
-	/* If we are waiting on our dead timer then we could get timeout
-	 * callbacks for our request.  For this we just want to reset the timer
-	 * and let the queue side take care of everything.
-	 */
-	if (!completion_done(&cmd->send_complete)) {
-		nbd_config_put(nbd);
-		return BLK_EH_RESET_TIMER;
-	}
 	config = nbd->config;
 
 	if (config->num_connections > 1) {
@@ -732,6 +723,7 @@ static int nbd_handle_cmd(struct nbd_cmd *cmd, int index)
 	if (!refcount_inc_not_zero(&nbd->config_refs)) {
 		dev_err_ratelimited(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk),
 				    "Socks array is empty\n");
+		blk_mq_start_request(req);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	config = nbd->config;
@@ -740,6 +732,7 @@ static int nbd_handle_cmd(struct nbd_cmd *cmd, int index)
 		dev_err_ratelimited(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk),
 				    "Attempted send on invalid socket\n");
 		nbd_config_put(nbd);
+		blk_mq_start_request(req);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	cmd->status = BLK_STS_OK;
@@ -763,6 +756,7 @@ again:
 			 */
 			sock_shutdown(nbd);
 			nbd_config_put(nbd);
+			blk_mq_start_request(req);
 			return -EIO;
 		}
 		goto again;
@@ -773,6 +767,7 @@ again:
 	 * here so that it gets put _after_ the request that is already on the
 	 * dispatch list.
 	 */
+	blk_mq_start_request(req);
 	if (unlikely(nsock->pending && nsock->pending != req)) {
 		blk_mq_requeue_request(req, true);
 		ret = 0;
@@ -785,10 +780,10 @@ again:
 	ret = nbd_send_cmd(nbd, cmd, index);
 	if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
 		dev_err_ratelimited(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk),
-				    "Request send failed trying another connection\n");
+				    "Request send failed, requeueing\n");
 		nbd_mark_nsock_dead(nbd, nsock, 1);
-		mutex_unlock(&nsock->tx_lock);
-		goto again;
+		blk_mq_requeue_request(req, true);
+		ret = 0;
 	}
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&nsock->tx_lock);
@@ -812,7 +807,6 @@ static blk_status_t nbd_queue_rq(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 	 * done sending everything over the wire.
 	 */
 	init_completion(&cmd->send_complete);
-	blk_mq_start_request(bd->rq);
 
 	/* We can be called directly from the user space process, which means we
 	 * could possibly have signals pending so our sendmsg will fail.  In