diff --git a/net/ceph/osd_client.c b/net/ceph/osd_client.c
index 4475d17..752b498 100644
--- a/net/ceph/osd_client.c
+++ b/net/ceph/osd_client.c
@@ -888,7 +888,9 @@ static void __register_linger_request(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
 {
 	dout("__register_linger_request %p\n", req);
 	list_add_tail(&req->r_linger_item, &osdc->req_linger);
-	list_add_tail(&req->r_linger_osd, &req->r_osd->o_linger_requests);
+	if (req->r_osd)
+		list_add_tail(&req->r_linger_osd,
+			      &req->r_osd->o_linger_requests);
 }

 static void __unregister_linger_request(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
@@ -1302,8 +1304,9 @@ static void kick_requests(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc, int force_resend)

 	dout("kick_requests %s\n", force_resend ? " (force resend)" : "");
 	mutex_lock(&osdc->request_mutex);
-	for (p = rb_first(&osdc->requests); p; p = rb_next(p)) {
+	for (p = rb_first(&osdc->requests); p; ) {
 		req = rb_entry(p, struct ceph_osd_request, r_node);
+		p = rb_next(p);
 		err = __map_request(osdc, req, force_resend);
 		if (err < 0)
 			continue;  /* error */
@@ -1311,10 +1314,23 @@ static void kick_requests(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc, int force_resend)
 			dout("%p tid %llu maps to no osd\n", req, req->r_tid);
 			needmap++;  /* request a newer map */
 		} else if (err > 0) {
-			dout("%p tid %llu requeued on osd%d\n", req, req->r_tid,
-			     req->r_osd ? req->r_osd->o_osd : -1);
-			if (!req->r_linger)
+			if (!req->r_linger) {
+				dout("%p tid %llu requeued on osd%d\n", req,
+				     req->r_tid,
+				     req->r_osd ? req->r_osd->o_osd : -1);
 				req->r_flags |= CEPH_OSD_FLAG_RETRY;
+			}
+		}
+		if (req->r_linger && list_empty(&req->r_linger_item)) {
+			/*
+			 * register as a linger so that we will
+			 * re-submit below and get a new tid
+			 */
+			dout("%p tid %llu restart on osd%d\n",
+			     req, req->r_tid,
+			     req->r_osd ? req->r_osd->o_osd : -1);
+			__register_linger_request(osdc, req);
+			__unregister_request(osdc, req);
 		}
 	}