diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 3f03cb3dc33c..b6414e1e645b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ struct nbd_sock {
 struct recv_thread_args {
 	struct work_struct work;
 	struct nbd_device *nbd;
+	struct nbd_sock *nsock;
 	int index;
 };
 
@@ -505,15 +506,9 @@ static enum blk_eh_timer_return nbd_xmit_timeout(struct request *req)
 	return BLK_EH_DONE;
 }
 
-/*
- *  Send or receive packet. Return a positive value on success and
- *  negtive value on failue, and never return 0.
- */
-static int sock_xmit(struct nbd_device *nbd, int index, int send,
-		     struct iov_iter *iter, int msg_flags, int *sent)
+static int __sock_xmit(struct nbd_device *nbd, struct socket *sock, int send,
+		       struct iov_iter *iter, int msg_flags, int *sent)
 {
-	struct nbd_config *config = nbd->config;
-	struct socket *sock = config->socks[index]->sock;
 	int result;
 	struct msghdr msg;
 	unsigned int noreclaim_flag;
@@ -556,6 +551,19 @@ static int sock_xmit(struct nbd_device *nbd, int index, int send,
 	return result;
 }
 
+/*
+ *  Send or receive packet. Return a positive value on success and
+ *  negtive value on failure, and never return 0.
+ */
+static int sock_xmit(struct nbd_device *nbd, int index, int send,
+		     struct iov_iter *iter, int msg_flags, int *sent)
+{
+	struct nbd_config *config = nbd->config;
+	struct socket *sock = config->socks[index]->sock;
+
+	return __sock_xmit(nbd, sock, send, iter, msg_flags, sent);
+}
+
 /*
  * Different settings for sk->sk_sndtimeo can result in different return values
  * if there is a signal pending when we enter sendmsg, because reasons?
@@ -712,7 +720,7 @@ static int nbd_send_cmd(struct nbd_device *nbd, struct nbd_cmd *cmd, int index)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int nbd_read_reply(struct nbd_device *nbd, int index,
+static int nbd_read_reply(struct nbd_device *nbd, struct socket *sock,
 			  struct nbd_reply *reply)
 {
 	struct kvec iov = {.iov_base = reply, .iov_len = sizeof(*reply)};
@@ -721,7 +729,7 @@ static int nbd_read_reply(struct nbd_device *nbd, int index,
 
 	reply->magic = 0;
 	iov_iter_kvec(&to, ITER_DEST, &iov, 1, sizeof(*reply));
-	result = sock_xmit(nbd, index, 0, &to, MSG_WAITALL, NULL);
+	result = __sock_xmit(nbd, sock, 0, &to, MSG_WAITALL, NULL);
 	if (result < 0) {
 		if (!nbd_disconnected(nbd->config))
 			dev_err(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk),
@@ -845,14 +853,14 @@ static void recv_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct nbd_device *nbd = args->nbd;
 	struct nbd_config *config = nbd->config;
 	struct request_queue *q = nbd->disk->queue;
-	struct nbd_sock *nsock;
+	struct nbd_sock *nsock = args->nsock;
 	struct nbd_cmd *cmd;
 	struct request *rq;
 
 	while (1) {
 		struct nbd_reply reply;
 
-		if (nbd_read_reply(nbd, args->index, &reply))
+		if (nbd_read_reply(nbd, nsock->sock, &reply))
 			break;
 
 		/*
@@ -887,7 +895,6 @@ static void recv_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		percpu_ref_put(&q->q_usage_counter);
 	}
 
-	nsock = config->socks[args->index];
 	mutex_lock(&nsock->tx_lock);
 	nbd_mark_nsock_dead(nbd, nsock, 1);
 	mutex_unlock(&nsock->tx_lock);
@@ -1231,6 +1238,7 @@ static int nbd_reconnect_socket(struct nbd_device *nbd, unsigned long arg)
 		INIT_WORK(&args->work, recv_work);
 		args->index = i;
 		args->nbd = nbd;
+		args->nsock = nsock;
 		nsock->cookie++;
 		mutex_unlock(&nsock->tx_lock);
 		sockfd_put(old);
@@ -1413,6 +1421,7 @@ static int nbd_start_device(struct nbd_device *nbd)
 		refcount_inc(&nbd->config_refs);
 		INIT_WORK(&args->work, recv_work);
 		args->nbd = nbd;
+		args->nsock = config->socks[i];
 		args->index = i;
 		queue_work(nbd->recv_workq, &args->work);
 	}