diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
index 63897d0d6629..12b5d53ec856 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -3452,14 +3452,15 @@ static bool rbd_lock_add_request(struct rbd_img_request *img_req)
 static void rbd_lock_del_request(struct rbd_img_request *img_req)
 {
 	struct rbd_device *rbd_dev = img_req->rbd_dev;
-	bool need_wakeup;
+	bool need_wakeup = false;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&rbd_dev->lock_rwsem);
 	spin_lock(&rbd_dev->lock_lists_lock);
-	rbd_assert(!list_empty(&img_req->lock_item));
-	list_del_init(&img_req->lock_item);
-	need_wakeup = (rbd_dev->lock_state == RBD_LOCK_STATE_RELEASING &&
-		       list_empty(&rbd_dev->running_list));
+	if (!list_empty(&img_req->lock_item)) {
+		list_del_init(&img_req->lock_item);
+		need_wakeup = (rbd_dev->lock_state == RBD_LOCK_STATE_RELEASING &&
+			       list_empty(&rbd_dev->running_list));
+	}
 	spin_unlock(&rbd_dev->lock_lists_lock);
 	if (need_wakeup)
 		complete(&rbd_dev->releasing_wait);
@@ -3842,14 +3843,19 @@ static void wake_lock_waiters(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev, int result)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	list_for_each_entry(img_req, &rbd_dev->acquiring_list, lock_item) {
+	while (!list_empty(&rbd_dev->acquiring_list)) {
+		img_req = list_first_entry(&rbd_dev->acquiring_list,
+					   struct rbd_img_request, lock_item);
 		mutex_lock(&img_req->state_mutex);
 		rbd_assert(img_req->state == RBD_IMG_EXCLUSIVE_LOCK);
+		if (!result)
+			list_move_tail(&img_req->lock_item,
+				       &rbd_dev->running_list);
+		else
+			list_del_init(&img_req->lock_item);
 		rbd_img_schedule(img_req, result);
 		mutex_unlock(&img_req->state_mutex);
 	}
-
-	list_splice_tail_init(&rbd_dev->acquiring_list, &rbd_dev->running_list);
 }
 
 static bool locker_equal(const struct ceph_locker *lhs,