diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index baebbdfd74d54f4969fac84e06c8b1741b831c0c..9adfb5445f8dca5a88a4ffe59d3573ed5b854e02 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -386,6 +386,15 @@ static int sock_xmit(struct nbd_device *nbd, int index, int send,
 	return result;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Different settings for sk->sk_sndtimeo can result in different return values
+ * if there is a signal pending when we enter sendmsg, because reasons?
+ */
+static inline int was_interrupted(int result)
+{
+	return result == -ERESTARTSYS || result == -EINTR;
+}
+
 /* always call with the tx_lock held */
 static int nbd_send_cmd(struct nbd_device *nbd, struct nbd_cmd *cmd, int index)
 {
@@ -458,7 +467,7 @@ static int nbd_send_cmd(struct nbd_device *nbd, struct nbd_cmd *cmd, int index)
 	result = sock_xmit(nbd, index, 1, &from,
 			(type == NBD_CMD_WRITE) ? MSG_MORE : 0, &sent);
 	if (result <= 0) {
-		if (result == -ERESTARTSYS) {
+		if (was_interrupted(result)) {
 			/* If we havne't sent anything we can just return BUSY,
 			 * however if we have sent something we need to make
 			 * sure we only allow this req to be sent until we are
@@ -502,7 +511,7 @@ static int nbd_send_cmd(struct nbd_device *nbd, struct nbd_cmd *cmd, int index)
 			}
 			result = sock_xmit(nbd, index, 1, &from, flags, &sent);
 			if (result <= 0) {
-				if (result == -ERESTARTSYS) {
+				if (was_interrupted(result)) {
 					/* We've already sent the header, we
 					 * have no choice but to set pending and
 					 * return BUSY.