diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index c6ff8f922fd7..ebc98cf76365 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -373,8 +373,10 @@ static enum blk_eh_timer_return nbd_xmit_timeout(struct request *req,
 	}
 	config = nbd->config;
 
-	if (!mutex_trylock(&cmd->lock))
+	if (!mutex_trylock(&cmd->lock)) {
+		nbd_config_put(nbd);
 		return BLK_EH_RESET_TIMER;
+	}
 
 	if (config->num_connections > 1) {
 		dev_err_ratelimited(nbd_to_dev(nbd),