1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 7bcc1d8bc967..34f80fa6fed1 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ static int nbd_do_it(struct nbd_device *lo)
         ret = sysfs_create_file(&disk_to_dev(lo->disk)->kobj, &pid_attr.attr);
         if (ret) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "nbd: sysfs_create_file failed!");
+                lo->pid = 0;
                 return ret;
         }
 
@@ -413,6 +414,7 @@ static int nbd_do_it(struct nbd_device *lo)
                 nbd_end_request(req);
 
         sysfs_remove_file(&disk_to_dev(lo->disk)->kobj, &pid_attr.attr);
+        lo->pid = 0;
         return 0;
 }
 
@@ -648,6 +650,8 @@ static int nbd_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode,
                 set_capacity(lo->disk, lo->bytesize >> 9);
                 return 0;
         case NBD_DO_IT:
+                if (lo->pid)
+                        return -EBUSY;
                 if (!lo->file)
                         return -EINVAL;
                 thread = kthread_create(nbd_thread, lo, lo->disk->disk_name);