diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index a913153d0b6bef0fe0736e3181462015a8cfbbcd..c7414b7392a0be44f5f72f096378501d51d10ea0 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -984,6 +984,12 @@ static int nbd_add_socket(struct nbd_device *nbd, unsigned long arg,
 	if (!sock)
 		return err;
 
+	/*
+	 * We need to make sure we don't get any errant requests while we're
+	 * reallocating the ->socks array.
+	 */
+	blk_mq_freeze_queue(nbd->disk->queue);
+
 	if (!netlink && !nbd->task_setup &&
 	    !test_bit(NBD_RT_BOUND, &config->runtime_flags))
 		nbd->task_setup = current;
@@ -1022,10 +1028,12 @@ static int nbd_add_socket(struct nbd_device *nbd, unsigned long arg,
 	nsock->cookie = 0;
 	socks[config->num_connections++] = nsock;
 	atomic_inc(&config->live_connections);
+	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(nbd->disk->queue);
 
 	return 0;
 
 put_socket:
+	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(nbd->disk->queue);
 	sockfd_put(sock);
 	return err;
 }