diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 22a79a62cc4e..b87aa80a46dd 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -589,10 +589,11 @@ static inline int was_interrupted(int result)
 }
 
 /*
- * Returns BLK_STS_RESOURCE if the caller should retry after a delay. Returns
- * -EAGAIN if the caller should requeue @cmd. Returns -EIO if sending failed.
+ * Returns BLK_STS_RESOURCE if the caller should retry after a delay.
+ * Returns BLK_STS_IOERR if sending failed.
  */
-static int nbd_send_cmd(struct nbd_device *nbd, struct nbd_cmd *cmd, int index)
+static blk_status_t nbd_send_cmd(struct nbd_device *nbd, struct nbd_cmd *cmd,
+				 int index)
 {
 	struct request *req = blk_mq_rq_from_pdu(cmd);
 	struct nbd_config *config = nbd->config;
@@ -614,13 +615,13 @@ static int nbd_send_cmd(struct nbd_device *nbd, struct nbd_cmd *cmd, int index)
 
 	type = req_to_nbd_cmd_type(req);
 	if (type == U32_MAX)
-		return -EIO;
+		return BLK_STS_IOERR;
 
 	if (rq_data_dir(req) == WRITE &&
 	    (config->flags & NBD_FLAG_READ_ONLY)) {
 		dev_err_ratelimited(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk),
 				    "Write on read-only\n");
-		return -EIO;
+		return BLK_STS_IOERR;
 	}
 
 	if (req->cmd_flags & REQ_FUA)
@@ -674,11 +675,11 @@ static int nbd_send_cmd(struct nbd_device *nbd, struct nbd_cmd *cmd, int index)
 				nsock->sent = sent;
 			}
 			set_bit(NBD_CMD_REQUEUED, &cmd->flags);
-			return (__force int)BLK_STS_RESOURCE;
+			return BLK_STS_RESOURCE;
 		}
 		dev_err_ratelimited(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk),
 			"Send control failed (result %d)\n", result);
-		return -EAGAIN;
+		goto requeue;
 	}
 send_pages:
 	if (type != NBD_CMD_WRITE)
@@ -715,12 +716,12 @@ send_pages:
 					nsock->pending = req;
 					nsock->sent = sent;
 					set_bit(NBD_CMD_REQUEUED, &cmd->flags);
-					return (__force int)BLK_STS_RESOURCE;
+					return BLK_STS_RESOURCE;
 				}
 				dev_err(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk),
 					"Send data failed (result %d)\n",
 					result);
-				return -EAGAIN;
+				goto requeue;
 			}
 			/*
 			 * The completion might already have come in,
@@ -737,7 +738,16 @@ out:
 	trace_nbd_payload_sent(req, handle);
 	nsock->pending = NULL;
 	nsock->sent = 0;
-	return 0;
+	__set_bit(NBD_CMD_INFLIGHT, &cmd->flags);
+	return BLK_STS_OK;
+
+requeue:
+	/* retry on a different socket */
+	dev_err_ratelimited(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk),
+			    "Request send failed, requeueing\n");
+	nbd_mark_nsock_dead(nbd, nsock, 1);
+	nbd_requeue_cmd(cmd);
+	return BLK_STS_OK;
 }
 
 static int nbd_read_reply(struct nbd_device *nbd, struct socket *sock,
@@ -1018,7 +1028,7 @@ static blk_status_t nbd_handle_cmd(struct nbd_cmd *cmd, int index)
 	struct nbd_device *nbd = cmd->nbd;
 	struct nbd_config *config;
 	struct nbd_sock *nsock;
-	int ret;
+	blk_status_t ret;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&cmd->lock);
 
@@ -1072,28 +1082,11 @@ again:
 		ret = BLK_STS_OK;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	/*
-	 * Some failures are related to the link going down, so anything that
-	 * returns EAGAIN can be retried on a different socket.
-	 */
 	ret = nbd_send_cmd(nbd, cmd, index);
-	/*
-	 * Access to this flag is protected by cmd->lock, thus it's safe to set
-	 * the flag after nbd_send_cmd() succeed to send request to server.
-	 */
-	if (!ret)
-		__set_bit(NBD_CMD_INFLIGHT, &cmd->flags);
-	else if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
-		dev_err_ratelimited(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk),
-				    "Request send failed, requeueing\n");
-		nbd_mark_nsock_dead(nbd, nsock, 1);
-		nbd_requeue_cmd(cmd);
-		ret = BLK_STS_OK;
-	}
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&nsock->tx_lock);
 	nbd_config_put(nbd);
-	return ret < 0 ? BLK_STS_IOERR : (__force blk_status_t)ret;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static blk_status_t nbd_queue_rq(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,