* executing.
         */
 
-       if (!vhost_vsock_get(vsk->remote_addr.svm_cid)) {
-               sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_DONE);
-               vsk->peer_shutdown = SHUTDOWN_MASK;
-               sk->sk_state = SS_UNCONNECTED;
-               sk->sk_err = ECONNRESET;
-               sk->sk_error_report(sk);
-       }
+       /* If the peer is still valid, no need to reset connection */
+       if (vhost_vsock_get(vsk->remote_addr.svm_cid))
+               return;
+
+       /* If the close timeout is pending, let it expire.  This avoids races
+        * with the timeout callback.
+        */
+       if (vsk->close_work_scheduled)
+               return;
+
+       sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_DONE);
+       vsk->peer_shutdown = SHUTDOWN_MASK;
+       sk->sk_state = SS_UNCONNECTED;
+       sk->sk_err = ECONNRESET;
+       sk->sk_error_report(sk);
 }
 
 static int vhost_vsock_dev_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)