return BLK_STS_IOERR;
        }
 
-       cmd->common.command_id = req->tag;
+       nvme_req(req)->genctr++;
+       cmd->common.command_id = nvme_cid(req);
        trace_nvme_setup_cmd(req, cmd);
        return ret;
 }
 
 struct nvme_request {
        struct nvme_command     *cmd;
        union nvme_result       result;
+       u8                      genctr;
        u8                      retries;
        u8                      flags;
        u16                     status;
        int (*get_address)(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, char *buf, int size);
 };
 
+/*
+ * nvme command_id is constructed as such:
+ * | xxxx | xxxxxxxxxxxx |
+ *   gen    request tag
+ */
+#define nvme_genctr_mask(gen)                  (gen & 0xf)
+#define nvme_cid_install_genctr(gen)           (nvme_genctr_mask(gen) << 12)
+#define nvme_genctr_from_cid(cid)              ((cid & 0xf000) >> 12)
+#define nvme_tag_from_cid(cid)                 (cid & 0xfff)
+
+static inline u16 nvme_cid(struct request *rq)
+{
+       return nvme_cid_install_genctr(nvme_req(rq)->genctr) | rq->tag;
+}
+
+static inline struct request *nvme_find_rq(struct blk_mq_tags *tags,
+               u16 command_id)
+{
+       u8 genctr = nvme_genctr_from_cid(command_id);
+       u16 tag = nvme_tag_from_cid(command_id);
+       struct request *rq;
+
+       rq = blk_mq_tag_to_rq(tags, tag);
+       if (unlikely(!rq)) {
+               pr_err("could not locate request for tag %#x\n",
+                       tag);
+               return NULL;
+       }
+       if (unlikely(nvme_genctr_mask(nvme_req(rq)->genctr) != genctr)) {
+               dev_err(nvme_req(rq)->ctrl->device,
+                       "request %#x genctr mismatch (got %#x expected %#x)\n",
+                       tag, genctr, nvme_genctr_mask(nvme_req(rq)->genctr));
+               return NULL;
+       }
+       return rq;
+}
+
+static inline struct request *nvme_cid_to_rq(struct blk_mq_tags *tags,
+                u16 command_id)
+{
+       return blk_mq_tag_to_rq(tags, nvme_tag_from_cid(command_id));
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS
 void nvme_fault_inject_init(struct nvme_fault_inject *fault_inj,
                            const char *dev_name);
 
 static inline bool nvme_is_aen_req(u16 qid, __u16 command_id)
 {
-       return !qid && command_id >= NVME_AQ_BLK_MQ_DEPTH;
+       return !qid &&
+               nvme_tag_from_cid(command_id) >= NVME_AQ_BLK_MQ_DEPTH;
 }
 
 void nvme_complete_rq(struct request *req);
 
                return;
        }
 
-       req = blk_mq_tag_to_rq(nvme_queue_tagset(nvmeq), command_id);
+       req = nvme_find_rq(nvme_queue_tagset(nvmeq), command_id);
        if (unlikely(!req)) {
                dev_warn(nvmeq->dev->ctrl.device,
                        "invalid id %d completed on queue %d\n",
 
        struct request *rq;
        struct nvme_rdma_request *req;
 
-       rq = blk_mq_tag_to_rq(nvme_rdma_tagset(queue), cqe->command_id);
+       rq = nvme_find_rq(nvme_rdma_tagset(queue), cqe->command_id);
        if (!rq) {
                dev_err(queue->ctrl->ctrl.device,
-                       "tag 0x%x on QP %#x not found\n",
+                       "got bad command_id %#x on QP %#x\n",
                        cqe->command_id, queue->qp->qp_num);
                nvme_rdma_error_recovery(queue->ctrl);
                return;
 
 {
        struct request *rq;
 
-       rq = blk_mq_tag_to_rq(nvme_tcp_tagset(queue), cqe->command_id);
+       rq = nvme_find_rq(nvme_tcp_tagset(queue), cqe->command_id);
        if (!rq) {
                dev_err(queue->ctrl->ctrl.device,
-                       "queue %d tag 0x%x not found\n",
-                       nvme_tcp_queue_id(queue), cqe->command_id);
+                       "got bad cqe.command_id %#x on queue %d\n",
+                       cqe->command_id, nvme_tcp_queue_id(queue));
                nvme_tcp_error_recovery(&queue->ctrl->ctrl);
                return -EINVAL;
        }
 {
        struct request *rq;
 
-       rq = blk_mq_tag_to_rq(nvme_tcp_tagset(queue), pdu->command_id);
+       rq = nvme_find_rq(nvme_tcp_tagset(queue), pdu->command_id);
        if (!rq) {
                dev_err(queue->ctrl->ctrl.device,
-                       "queue %d tag %#x not found\n",
-                       nvme_tcp_queue_id(queue), pdu->command_id);
+                       "got bad c2hdata.command_id %#x on queue %d\n",
+                       pdu->command_id, nvme_tcp_queue_id(queue));
                return -ENOENT;
        }
 
        data->hdr.plen =
                cpu_to_le32(data->hdr.hlen + hdgst + req->pdu_len + ddgst);
        data->ttag = pdu->ttag;
-       data->command_id = rq->tag;
+       data->command_id = nvme_cid(rq);
        data->data_offset = cpu_to_le32(req->data_sent);
        data->data_length = cpu_to_le32(req->pdu_len);
        return 0;
        struct request *rq;
        int ret;
 
-       rq = blk_mq_tag_to_rq(nvme_tcp_tagset(queue), pdu->command_id);
+       rq = nvme_find_rq(nvme_tcp_tagset(queue), pdu->command_id);
        if (!rq) {
                dev_err(queue->ctrl->ctrl.device,
-                       "queue %d tag %#x not found\n",
-                       nvme_tcp_queue_id(queue), pdu->command_id);
+                       "got bad r2t.command_id %#x on queue %d\n",
+                       pdu->command_id, nvme_tcp_queue_id(queue));
                return -ENOENT;
        }
        req = blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(rq);
 {
        struct nvme_tcp_data_pdu *pdu = (void *)queue->pdu;
        struct request *rq =
-               blk_mq_tag_to_rq(nvme_tcp_tagset(queue), pdu->command_id);
+               nvme_cid_to_rq(nvme_tcp_tagset(queue), pdu->command_id);
        struct nvme_tcp_request *req = blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(rq);
 
        while (true) {
        }
 
        if (pdu->hdr.flags & NVME_TCP_F_DATA_SUCCESS) {
-               struct request *rq = blk_mq_tag_to_rq(nvme_tcp_tagset(queue),
-                                               pdu->command_id);
+               struct request *rq = nvme_cid_to_rq(nvme_tcp_tagset(queue),
+                                       pdu->command_id);
 
                nvme_tcp_end_request(rq, NVME_SC_SUCCESS);
                queue->nr_cqe++;
 
        } else {
                struct request *rq;
 
-               rq = blk_mq_tag_to_rq(nvme_loop_tagset(queue), cqe->command_id);
+               rq = nvme_find_rq(nvme_loop_tagset(queue), cqe->command_id);
                if (!rq) {
                        dev_err(queue->ctrl->ctrl.device,
-                               "tag 0x%x on queue %d not found\n",
+                               "got bad command_id %#x on queue %d\n",
                                cqe->command_id, nvme_loop_queue_idx(queue));
                        return;
                }