{
        dout("__register_linger_request %p\n", req);
        list_add_tail(&req->r_linger_item, &osdc->req_linger);
-       list_add_tail(&req->r_linger_osd, &req->r_osd->o_linger_requests);
+       if (req->r_osd)
+               list_add_tail(&req->r_linger_osd,
+                             &req->r_osd->o_linger_requests);
 }
 
 static void __unregister_linger_request(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
 
        dout("kick_requests %s\n", force_resend ? " (force resend)" : "");
        mutex_lock(&osdc->request_mutex);
-       for (p = rb_first(&osdc->requests); p; p = rb_next(p)) {
+       for (p = rb_first(&osdc->requests); p; ) {
                req = rb_entry(p, struct ceph_osd_request, r_node);
+               p = rb_next(p);
                err = __map_request(osdc, req, force_resend);
                if (err < 0)
                        continue;  /* error */
                        dout("%p tid %llu maps to no osd\n", req, req->r_tid);
                        needmap++;  /* request a newer map */
                } else if (err > 0) {
-                       dout("%p tid %llu requeued on osd%d\n", req, req->r_tid,
-                            req->r_osd ? req->r_osd->o_osd : -1);
-                       if (!req->r_linger)
+                       if (!req->r_linger) {
+                               dout("%p tid %llu requeued on osd%d\n", req,
+                                    req->r_tid,
+                                    req->r_osd ? req->r_osd->o_osd : -1);
                                req->r_flags |= CEPH_OSD_FLAG_RETRY;
+                       }
+               }
+               if (req->r_linger && list_empty(&req->r_linger_item)) {
+                       /*
+                        * register as a linger so that we will
+                        * re-submit below and get a new tid
+                        */
+                       dout("%p tid %llu restart on osd%d\n",
+                            req, req->r_tid,
+                            req->r_osd ? req->r_osd->o_osd : -1);
+                       __register_linger_request(osdc, req);
+                       __unregister_request(osdc, req);
                }
        }