int alloc_ret;
        int cmd_mode;
 
+       complete(&ent->handling);
        sem = ent->page_queue ? &cmd->pages_sem : &cmd->sem;
        down(sem);
        if (!ent->page_queue) {
        struct mlx5_cmd *cmd = &dev->cmd;
        int err;
 
+       if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&ent->handling, timeout) &&
+           cancel_work_sync(&ent->work)) {
+               ent->ret = -ECANCELED;
+               goto out_err;
+       }
        if (cmd->mode == CMD_MODE_POLLING || ent->polling) {
                wait_for_completion(&ent->done);
        } else if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&ent->done, timeout)) {
                mlx5_cmd_comp_handler(dev, 1UL << ent->idx, true);
        }
 
+out_err:
        err = ent->ret;
 
        if (err == -ETIMEDOUT) {
                mlx5_core_warn(dev, "%s(0x%x) timeout. Will cause a leak of a command resource\n",
                               mlx5_command_str(msg_to_opcode(ent->in)),
                               msg_to_opcode(ent->in));
+       } else if (err == -ECANCELED) {
+               mlx5_core_warn(dev, "%s(0x%x) canceled on out of queue timeout.\n",
+                              mlx5_command_str(msg_to_opcode(ent->in)),
+                              msg_to_opcode(ent->in));
        }
        mlx5_core_dbg(dev, "err %d, delivery status %s(%d)\n",
                      err, deliv_status_to_str(ent->status), ent->status);
        ent->token = token;
        ent->polling = force_polling;
 
+       init_completion(&ent->handling);
        if (!callback)
                init_completion(&ent->done);
 
        err = wait_func(dev, ent);
        if (err == -ETIMEDOUT)
                goto out;
+       if (err == -ECANCELED)
+               goto out_free;
 
        ds = ent->ts2 - ent->ts1;
        op = MLX5_GET(mbox_in, in->first.data, opcode);