diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 3ff4054d6834..edf8b632e3d2 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -1363,6 +1363,8 @@ static void nbd_set_cmd_timeout(struct nbd_device *nbd, u64 timeout)
 	nbd->tag_set.timeout = timeout * HZ;
 	if (timeout)
 		blk_queue_rq_timeout(nbd->disk->queue, timeout * HZ);
+	else
+		blk_queue_rq_timeout(nbd->disk->queue, 30 * HZ);
 }
 
 /* Must be called with config_lock held */