diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index b45f4e5585b51dc29acda4e0fe423b885b6358b8..105ae87388bcdc0db7c42247552e48e28b5b5427 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -946,11 +946,15 @@ static int wait_for_reconnect(struct nbd_device *nbd)
 	struct nbd_config *config = nbd->config;
 	if (!config->dead_conn_timeout)
 		return 0;
-	if (test_bit(NBD_RT_DISCONNECTED, &config->runtime_flags))
+
+	if (!wait_event_timeout(config->conn_wait,
+				test_bit(NBD_RT_DISCONNECTED,
+					 &config->runtime_flags) ||
+				atomic_read(&config->live_connections) > 0,
+				config->dead_conn_timeout))
 		return 0;
-	return wait_event_timeout(config->conn_wait,
-				  atomic_read(&config->live_connections) > 0,
-				  config->dead_conn_timeout) > 0;
+
+	return !test_bit(NBD_RT_DISCONNECTED, &config->runtime_flags);
 }
 
 static int nbd_handle_cmd(struct nbd_cmd *cmd, int index)
@@ -2121,6 +2125,7 @@ static void nbd_disconnect_and_put(struct nbd_device *nbd)
 	mutex_lock(&nbd->config_lock);
 	nbd_disconnect(nbd);
 	sock_shutdown(nbd);
+	wake_up(&nbd->config->conn_wait);
 	/*
 	 * Make sure recv thread has finished, so it does not drop the last
 	 * config ref and try to destroy the workqueue from inside the work