diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
index 0e6fc7e758c1..4f8efc829a59 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -3458,6 +3458,7 @@ static void rbd_lock_del_request(struct rbd_img_request *img_req)
 	lockdep_assert_held(&rbd_dev->lock_rwsem);
 	spin_lock(&rbd_dev->lock_lists_lock);
 	if (!list_empty(&img_req->lock_item)) {
+		rbd_assert(!list_empty(&rbd_dev->running_list));
 		list_del_init(&img_req->lock_item);
 		need_wakeup = (rbd_dev->lock_state == RBD_LOCK_STATE_QUIESCING &&
 			       list_empty(&rbd_dev->running_list));
@@ -3477,11 +3478,6 @@ static int rbd_img_exclusive_lock(struct rbd_img_request *img_req)
 	if (rbd_lock_add_request(img_req))
 		return 1;
 
-	if (rbd_dev->opts->exclusive) {
-		WARN_ON(1); /* lock got released? */
-		return -EROFS;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * Note the use of mod_delayed_work() in rbd_acquire_lock()
 	 * and cancel_delayed_work() in wake_lock_waiters().
@@ -4602,6 +4598,10 @@ static void rbd_reacquire_lock(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
 			rbd_warn(rbd_dev, "failed to update lock cookie: %d",
 				 ret);
 
+		if (rbd_dev->opts->exclusive)
+			rbd_warn(rbd_dev,
+			     "temporarily releasing lock on exclusive mapping");
+
 		/*
 		 * Lock cookie cannot be updated on older OSDs, so do
 		 * a manual release and queue an acquire.