diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
index 1bcd208c459f..9734994cba1e 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ struct ubd {
 	struct scatterlist sg[MAX_SG];
 	struct request *request;
 	int start_sg, end_sg;
+	sector_t rq_pos;
 };
 
 #define DEFAULT_COW { \
@@ -187,6 +188,7 @@ struct ubd {
 	.request =		NULL, \
 	.start_sg =		0, \
 	.end_sg =		0, \
+	.rq_pos =		0, \
 }
 
 /* Protected by ubd_lock */
@@ -1228,7 +1230,6 @@ static void do_ubd_request(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	struct io_thread_req *io_req;
 	struct request *req;
-	sector_t sector;
 	int n;
 
 	while(1){
@@ -1239,12 +1240,12 @@ static void do_ubd_request(struct request_queue *q)
 				return;
 
 			dev->request = req;
+			dev->rq_pos = blk_rq_pos(req);
 			dev->start_sg = 0;
 			dev->end_sg = blk_rq_map_sg(q, req, dev->sg);
 		}
 
 		req = dev->request;
-		sector = blk_rq_pos(req);
 		while(dev->start_sg < dev->end_sg){
 			struct scatterlist *sg = &dev->sg[dev->start_sg];
 
@@ -1256,10 +1257,9 @@ static void do_ubd_request(struct request_queue *q)
 				return;
 			}
 			prepare_request(req, io_req,
-					(unsigned long long)sector << 9,
+					(unsigned long long)dev->rq_pos << 9,
 					sg->offset, sg->length, sg_page(sg));
 
-			sector += sg->length >> 9;
 			n = os_write_file(thread_fd, &io_req,
 					  sizeof(struct io_thread_req *));
 			if(n != sizeof(struct io_thread_req *)){
@@ -1272,6 +1272,7 @@ static void do_ubd_request(struct request_queue *q)
 				return;
 			}
 
+			dev->rq_pos += sg->length >> 9;
 			dev->start_sg++;
 		}
 		dev->end_sg = 0;