diff --git a/nbd.c b/nbd.c
index 7ab1b1f5c05bbc50a6a4c56e2f70fd752bca624e..73fedeb9ad6bceb242bc913af9ecd36fc2e178d1 100644
--- a/nbd.c
+++ b/nbd.c
@@ -358,6 +358,15 @@ int nbd_receive_negotiate(int csock, const char *name, uint32_t *flags,
 #ifdef __linux__
 int nbd_init(int fd, int csock, uint32_t flags, off_t size, size_t blocksize)
 {
+    TRACE("Setting NBD socket");
+
+    if (ioctl(fd, NBD_SET_SOCK, csock) == -1) {
+        int serrno = errno;
+        LOG("Failed to set NBD socket");
+        errno = serrno;
+        return -1;
+    }
+
     TRACE("Setting block size to %lu", (unsigned long)blocksize);
 
     if (ioctl(fd, NBD_SET_BLKSIZE, blocksize) == -1) {
@@ -396,24 +405,6 @@ int nbd_init(int fd, int csock, uint32_t flags, off_t size, size_t blocksize)
         return -1;
     }
 
-    TRACE("Clearing NBD socket");
-
-    if (ioctl(fd, NBD_CLEAR_SOCK) == -1) {
-        int serrno = errno;
-        LOG("Failed clearing NBD socket");
-        errno = serrno;
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    TRACE("Setting NBD socket");
-
-    if (ioctl(fd, NBD_SET_SOCK, csock) == -1) {
-        int serrno = errno;
-        LOG("Failed to set NBD socket");
-        errno = serrno;
-        return -1;
-    }
-
     TRACE("Negotiation ended");
 
     return 0;