diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 2a709daefbc4..2a2a1d996a57 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -1413,10 +1413,12 @@ static int nbd_start_device_ioctl(struct nbd_device *nbd)
 	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(nbd);
 	/* user requested, ignore socket errors */