diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 7fecc78..8b7664d 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -623,6 +623,8 @@ static int __nbd_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, struct nbd_device *nbd,
 		if (!nbd->sock)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
+		nbd->disconnect = 1;
+
 		nbd_send_req(nbd, &sreq);
                 return 0;
 	}
@@ -654,6 +656,7 @@ static int __nbd_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, struct nbd_device *nbd,
 				nbd->sock = SOCKET_I(inode);
 				if (max_part > 0)
 					bdev->bd_invalidated = 1;
+				nbd->disconnect = 0; /* we're connected now */
 				return 0;
 			} else {
 				fput(file);
@@ -742,6 +745,8 @@ static int __nbd_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, struct nbd_device *nbd,
 		set_capacity(nbd->disk, 0);
 		if (max_part > 0)
 			ioctl_by_bdev(bdev, BLKRRPART, 0);
+		if (nbd->disconnect) /* user requested, ignore socket errors */
+			return 0;
 		return nbd->harderror;
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/linux/nbd.h b/include/linux/nbd.h
index 4871170..ae4981e 100644
--- a/include/linux/nbd.h
+++ b/include/linux/nbd.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ struct nbd_device {
 	u64 bytesize;
 	pid_t pid; /* pid of nbd-client, if attached */
 	int xmit_timeout;
+	int disconnect; /* a disconnect has been requested by user */
 };
 
 #endif