struct nbd_config {
        u32 flags;
        unsigned long runtime_flags;
+       u64 dead_conn_timeout;
 
        struct nbd_sock **socks;
        int num_connections;
+       atomic_t live_connections;
+       wait_queue_head_t conn_wait;
 
        atomic_t recv_threads;
        wait_queue_head_t recv_wq;
                        queue_work(system_wq, &args->work);
                }
        }
-       if (!nsock->dead)
+       if (!nsock->dead) {
                kernel_sock_shutdown(nsock->sock, SHUT_RDWR);
+               atomic_dec(&nbd->config->live_connections);
+       }
        nsock->dead = true;
        nsock->pending = NULL;
        nsock->sent = 0;
                return BLK_EH_HANDLED;
        }
 
+       /* If we are waiting on our dead timer then we could get timeout
+        * callbacks for our request.  For this we just want to reset the timer
+        * and let the queue side take care of everything.
+        */
+       if (!completion_done(&cmd->send_complete)) {
+               nbd_config_put(nbd);
+               return BLK_EH_RESET_TIMER;
+       }
        config = nbd->config;
 
        if (config->num_connections > 1) {
        return new_index;
 }
 
+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_DISCONNECTED, &config->runtime_flags))
+               return 0;
+       wait_event_interruptible_timeout(config->conn_wait,
+                                        atomic_read(&config->live_connections),
+                                        config->dead_conn_timeout);
+       return atomic_read(&config->live_connections);
+}
+
 static int nbd_handle_cmd(struct nbd_cmd *cmd, int index)
 {
        struct request *req = blk_mq_rq_from_pdu(cmd);
        nsock = config->socks[index];
        mutex_lock(&nsock->tx_lock);
        if (nsock->dead) {
+               int old_index = index;
                index = find_fallback(nbd, index);
+               mutex_unlock(&nsock->tx_lock);
                if (index < 0) {
-                       ret = -EIO;
-                       goto out;
+                       if (wait_for_reconnect(nbd)) {
+                               index = old_index;
+                               goto again;
+                       }
+                       /* All the sockets should already be down at this point,
+                        * we just want to make sure that DISCONNECTED is set so
+                        * any requests that come in that were queue'ed waiting
+                        * for the reconnect timer don't trigger the timer again
+                        * and instead just error out.
+                        */
+                       sock_shutdown(nbd);
+                       nbd_config_put(nbd);
+                       return -EIO;
                }
-               mutex_unlock(&nsock->tx_lock);
                goto again;
        }
 
        nsock->sent = 0;
        nsock->cookie = 0;
        socks[config->num_connections++] = nsock;
+       atomic_inc(&config->live_connections);
 
        return 0;
 }
                 * need to queue_work outside of the tx_mutex.
                 */
                queue_work(recv_workqueue, &args->work);
+
+               atomic_inc(&config->live_connections);
+               wake_up(&config->conn_wait);
                return 0;
        }
        sockfd_put(sock);
                return NULL;
        atomic_set(&config->recv_threads, 0);
        init_waitqueue_head(&config->recv_wq);
+       init_waitqueue_head(&config->conn_wait);
        config->blksize = 1024;
+       atomic_set(&config->live_connections, 0);
        try_module_get(THIS_MODULE);
        return config;
 }
        [NBD_ATTR_SERVER_FLAGS]         =       { .type = NLA_U64 },
        [NBD_ATTR_CLIENT_FLAGS]         =       { .type = NLA_U64 },
        [NBD_ATTR_SOCKETS]              =       { .type = NLA_NESTED},
+       [NBD_ATTR_DEAD_CONN_TIMEOUT]    =       { .type = NLA_U64 },
 };
 
 static struct nla_policy nbd_sock_policy[NBD_SOCK_MAX + 1] = {
                nbd->tag_set.timeout = timeout * HZ;
                blk_queue_rq_timeout(nbd->disk->queue, timeout * HZ);
        }
+       if (info->attrs[NBD_ATTR_DEAD_CONN_TIMEOUT]) {
+               config->dead_conn_timeout =
+                       nla_get_u64(info->attrs[NBD_ATTR_DEAD_CONN_TIMEOUT]);
+               config->dead_conn_timeout *= HZ;
+       }
        if (info->attrs[NBD_ATTR_SERVER_FLAGS])
                config->flags =
                        nla_get_u64(info->attrs[NBD_ATTR_SERVER_FLAGS]);
                nbd->tag_set.timeout = timeout * HZ;
                blk_queue_rq_timeout(nbd->disk->queue, timeout * HZ);
        }
+       if (info->attrs[NBD_ATTR_DEAD_CONN_TIMEOUT]) {
+               config->dead_conn_timeout =
+                       nla_get_u64(info->attrs[NBD_ATTR_DEAD_CONN_TIMEOUT]);
+               config->dead_conn_timeout *= HZ;
+       }
 
        if (info->attrs[NBD_ATTR_SOCKETS]) {
                struct nlattr *attr;