diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 3e4500440796..f3d0bc9a9905 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -912,6 +912,25 @@ static blk_status_t nbd_queue_rq(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static struct socket *nbd_get_socket(struct nbd_device *nbd, unsigned long fd,
+				     int *err)
+{
+	struct socket *sock;
+
+	*err = 0;
+	sock = sockfd_lookup(fd, err);
+	if (!sock)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (sock->ops->shutdown == sock_no_shutdown) {
+		dev_err(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk), "Unsupported socket: shutdown callout must be supported.\n");
+		*err = -EINVAL;
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return sock;
+}
+
 static int nbd_add_socket(struct nbd_device *nbd, unsigned long arg,
 			  bool netlink)
 {
@@ -921,7 +940,7 @@ static int nbd_add_socket(struct nbd_device *nbd, unsigned long arg,
 	struct nbd_sock *nsock;
 	int err;
 
-	sock = sockfd_lookup(arg, &err);
+	sock = nbd_get_socket(nbd, arg, &err);
 	if (!sock)
 		return err;
 
@@ -973,7 +992,7 @@ static int nbd_reconnect_socket(struct nbd_device *nbd, unsigned long arg)
 	int i;
 	int err;
 
-	sock = sockfd_lookup(arg, &err);
+	sock = nbd_get_socket(nbd, arg, &err);
 	if (!sock)
 		return err;