diff --git a/block/sheepdog.c b/block/sheepdog.c
index cde887b..303354e 100644
--- a/block/sheepdog.c
+++ b/block/sheepdog.c
@@ -318,8 +318,11 @@ typedef struct BDRVSheepdogState {
     Coroutine *co_recv;
 
     uint32_t aioreq_seq_num;
+
+    /* Every aio request must be linked to either of these queues. */
     QLIST_HEAD(inflight_aio_head, AIOReq) inflight_aio_head;
     QLIST_HEAD(pending_aio_head, AIOReq) pending_aio_head;
+    QLIST_HEAD(failed_aio_head, AIOReq) failed_aio_head;
 } BDRVSheepdogState;
 
 static const char * sd_strerror(int err)
@@ -613,6 +616,8 @@ static int coroutine_fn add_aio_request(BDRVSheepdogState *s, AIOReq *aio_req,
                            enum AIOCBState aiocb_type);
 static int coroutine_fn resend_aioreq(BDRVSheepdogState *s, AIOReq *aio_req);
 static int reload_inode(BDRVSheepdogState *s, uint32_t snapid, const char *tag);
+static int get_sheep_fd(BDRVSheepdogState *s);
+static void co_write_request(void *opaque);
 
 static AIOReq *find_pending_req(BDRVSheepdogState *s, uint64_t oid)
 {
@@ -654,6 +659,44 @@ static void coroutine_fn send_pending_req(BDRVSheepdogState *s, uint64_t oid)
     }
 }
 
+static coroutine_fn void reconnect_to_sdog(void *opaque)
+{
+    BDRVSheepdogState *s = opaque;
+    AIOReq *aio_req, *next;
+
+    qemu_aio_set_fd_handler(s->fd, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+    close(s->fd);
+    s->fd = -1;
+
+    /* Wait for outstanding write requests to be completed. */
+    while (s->co_send != NULL) {
+        co_write_request(opaque);
+    }
+
+    /* Move all the inflight requests to the failed queue. */
+    QLIST_FOREACH_SAFE(aio_req, &s->inflight_aio_head, aio_siblings, next) {
+        QLIST_REMOVE(aio_req, aio_siblings);
+        QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&s->failed_aio_head, aio_req, aio_siblings);
+    }
+
+    /* Try to reconnect the sheepdog server every one second. */
+    while (s->fd < 0) {
+        s->fd = get_sheep_fd(s);
+        if (s->fd < 0) {
+            dprintf("Wait for connection to be established\n");
+            co_aio_sleep_ns(1000000000ULL);
+        }
+    };
+
+    /* Resend all the failed aio requests. */
+    while (!QLIST_EMPTY(&s->failed_aio_head)) {
+        aio_req = QLIST_FIRST(&s->failed_aio_head);
+        QLIST_REMOVE(aio_req, aio_siblings);
+        QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&s->inflight_aio_head, aio_req, aio_siblings);
+        resend_aioreq(s, aio_req);
+    }
+}
+
 /*
  * Receive responses of the I/O requests.
  *
@@ -670,15 +713,11 @@ static void coroutine_fn aio_read_response(void *opaque)
     SheepdogAIOCB *acb;
     uint64_t idx;
 
-    if (QLIST_EMPTY(&s->inflight_aio_head)) {
-        goto out;
-    }
-
     /* read a header */
     ret = qemu_co_recv(fd, &rsp, sizeof(rsp));
     if (ret < sizeof(rsp)) {
         error_report("failed to get the header, %s", strerror(errno));
-        goto out;
+        goto err;
     }
 
     /* find the right aio_req from the inflight aio list */
@@ -689,7 +728,7 @@ static void coroutine_fn aio_read_response(void *opaque)
     }
     if (!aio_req) {
         error_report("cannot find aio_req %x", rsp.id);
-        goto out;
+        goto err;
     }
 
     acb = aio_req->aiocb;
@@ -729,7 +768,7 @@ static void coroutine_fn aio_read_response(void *opaque)
                             aio_req->iov_offset, rsp.data_length);
         if (ret < rsp.data_length) {
             error_report("failed to get the data, %s", strerror(errno));
-            goto out;
+            goto err;
         }
         break;
     case AIOCB_FLUSH_CACHE:
@@ -763,10 +802,9 @@ static void coroutine_fn aio_read_response(void *opaque)
         if (s->inode.vdi_id == oid_to_vid(aio_req->oid)) {
             ret = reload_inode(s, 0, "");
             if (ret < 0) {
-                goto out;
+                goto err;
             }
         }
-
         if (is_data_obj(aio_req->oid)) {
             aio_req->oid = vid_to_data_oid(s->inode.vdi_id,
                                            data_oid_to_idx(aio_req->oid));
@@ -794,6 +832,10 @@ static void coroutine_fn aio_read_response(void *opaque)
     }
 out:
     s->co_recv = NULL;
+    return;
+err:
+    s->co_recv = NULL;
+    reconnect_to_sdog(opaque);
 }
 
 static void co_read_response(void *opaque)
@@ -819,7 +861,8 @@ static int aio_flush_request(void *opaque)
     BDRVSheepdogState *s = opaque;
 
     return !QLIST_EMPTY(&s->inflight_aio_head) ||
-        !QLIST_EMPTY(&s->pending_aio_head);
+        !QLIST_EMPTY(&s->pending_aio_head) ||
+        !QLIST_EMPTY(&s->failed_aio_head);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1094,23 +1137,21 @@ static int coroutine_fn add_aio_request(BDRVSheepdogState *s, AIOReq *aio_req,
     /* send a header */
     ret = qemu_co_send(s->fd, &hdr, sizeof(hdr));
     if (ret < sizeof(hdr)) {
-        qemu_co_mutex_unlock(&s->lock);
         error_report("failed to send a req, %s", strerror(errno));
-        return -errno;
+        goto out;
     }
 
     if (wlen) {
         ret = qemu_co_sendv(s->fd, iov, niov, aio_req->iov_offset, wlen);
         if (ret < wlen) {
-            qemu_co_mutex_unlock(&s->lock);
             error_report("failed to send a data, %s", strerror(errno));
-            return -errno;
         }
     }
-
+out:
     socket_set_cork(s->fd, 0);
     qemu_aio_set_fd_handler(s->fd, co_read_response, NULL,
                             aio_flush_request, s);
+    s->co_send = NULL;
     qemu_co_mutex_unlock(&s->lock);
 
     return 0;
@@ -1300,6 +1341,7 @@ static int sd_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags)
 
     QLIST_INIT(&s->inflight_aio_head);
     QLIST_INIT(&s->pending_aio_head);
+    QLIST_INIT(&s->failed_aio_head);
     s->fd = -1;
 
     memset(vdi, 0, sizeof(vdi));
