diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index df738eab0243..a906674f7114 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -569,7 +569,6 @@ static inline int was_interrupted(int result)
 	return result == -ERESTARTSYS || result == -EINTR;
 }
 
-/* always call with the tx_lock held */
 static int nbd_send_cmd(struct nbd_device *nbd, struct nbd_cmd *cmd, int index)
 {
 	struct request *req = blk_mq_rq_from_pdu(cmd);
@@ -586,6 +585,9 @@ static int nbd_send_cmd(struct nbd_device *nbd, struct nbd_cmd *cmd, int index)
 	u32 nbd_cmd_flags = 0;
 	int sent = nsock->sent, skip = 0;
 
+	lockdep_assert_held(&cmd->lock);
+	lockdep_assert_held(&nsock->tx_lock);
+
 	iov_iter_kvec(&from, ITER_SOURCE, &iov, 1, sizeof(request));
 
 	type = req_to_nbd_cmd_type(req);
@@ -996,6 +998,8 @@ static int nbd_handle_cmd(struct nbd_cmd *cmd, int index)
 	struct nbd_sock *nsock;
 	int ret;
 
+	lockdep_assert_held(&cmd->lock);
+
 	config = nbd_get_config_unlocked(nbd);
 	if (!config) {
 		dev_err_ratelimited(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk),