diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 64b19b10b73975a6eb7b6799b39962da4f8c2aa5..5bdf923294a5d610429581c83e558529f7d40b62 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -923,6 +923,8 @@ static int nbd_reconnect_socket(struct nbd_device *nbd, unsigned long arg)
 		mutex_unlock(&nsock->tx_lock);
 		sockfd_put(old);
 
+		clear_bit(NBD_DISCONNECTED, &config->runtime_flags);
+
 		/* We take the tx_mutex in an error path in the recv_work, so we
 		 * need to queue_work outside of the tx_mutex.
 		 */