diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 4a6b82d434ee..b0d3dadeb964 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -1342,10 +1342,12 @@ static int nbd_start_device_ioctl(struct nbd_device *nbd, struct block_device *b
 	mutex_unlock(&nbd->config_lock);
 	ret = wait_event_interruptible(config->recv_wq,
 					 atomic_read(&config->recv_threads) == 0);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
 		sock_shutdown(nbd);
-	flush_workqueue(nbd->recv_workq);
+		nbd_clear_que(nbd);
+	}
 
+	flush_workqueue(nbd->recv_workq);
 	mutex_lock(&nbd->config_lock);
 	nbd_bdev_reset(bdev);
 	/* user requested, ignore socket errors */