diff --git a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
index afc07fa170400..353ccdb60729c 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <linux/task_work.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
+#include <linux/kref.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/ublk_cmd.h>
 
 #define UBLK_MINORS		(1U << MINORBITS)
@@ -62,6 +63,8 @@
 
 struct ublk_rq_data {
 	struct llist_node node;
+
+	struct kref ref;
 };
 
 struct ublk_uring_cmd_pdu {
@@ -181,6 +184,9 @@ struct ublk_params_header {
 	__u32	types;
 };
 
+static inline void __ublk_complete_rq(struct request *req);
+static void ublk_complete_rq(struct kref *ref);
+
 static dev_t ublk_chr_devt;
 static struct class *ublk_chr_class;
 
@@ -289,6 +295,45 @@ static int ublk_apply_params(struct ublk_device *ub)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline bool ublk_need_req_ref(const struct ublk_queue *ubq)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
+static inline void ublk_init_req_ref(const struct ublk_queue *ubq,
+		struct request *req)
+{
+	if (ublk_need_req_ref(ubq)) {
+		struct ublk_rq_data *data = blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(req);
+
+		kref_init(&data->ref);
+	}
+}
+
+static inline bool ublk_get_req_ref(const struct ublk_queue *ubq,
+		struct request *req)
+{
+	if (ublk_need_req_ref(ubq)) {
+		struct ublk_rq_data *data = blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(req);
+
+		return kref_get_unless_zero(&data->ref);
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static inline void ublk_put_req_ref(const struct ublk_queue *ubq,
+		struct request *req)
+{
+	if (ublk_need_req_ref(ubq)) {
+		struct ublk_rq_data *data = blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(req);
+
+		kref_put(&data->ref, ublk_complete_rq);
+	} else {
+		__ublk_complete_rq(req);
+	}
+}
+
 static inline bool ublk_need_get_data(const struct ublk_queue *ubq)
 {
 	return ubq->flags & UBLK_F_NEED_GET_DATA;
@@ -625,13 +670,19 @@ static inline bool ubq_daemon_is_dying(struct ublk_queue *ubq)
 }
 
 /* todo: handle partial completion */
-static void ublk_complete_rq(struct request *req)
+static inline void __ublk_complete_rq(struct request *req)
 {
 	struct ublk_queue *ubq = req->mq_hctx->driver_data;
 	struct ublk_io *io = &ubq->ios[req->tag];
 	unsigned int unmapped_bytes;
 	blk_status_t res = BLK_STS_OK;
 
+	/* called from ublk_abort_queue() code path */
+	if (io->flags & UBLK_IO_FLAG_ABORTED) {
+		res = BLK_STS_IOERR;
+		goto exit;
+	}
+
 	/* failed read IO if nothing is read */
 	if (!io->res && req_op(req) == REQ_OP_READ)
 		io->res = -EIO;
@@ -671,6 +722,15 @@ static void ublk_complete_rq(struct request *req)
 	blk_mq_end_request(req, res);
 }
 
+static void ublk_complete_rq(struct kref *ref)
+{
+	struct ublk_rq_data *data = container_of(ref, struct ublk_rq_data,
+			ref);
+	struct request *req = blk_mq_rq_from_pdu(data);
+
+	__ublk_complete_rq(req);
+}
+
 /*
  * Since __ublk_rq_task_work always fails requests immediately during
  * exiting, __ublk_fail_req() is only called from abort context during
@@ -689,7 +749,7 @@ static void __ublk_fail_req(struct ublk_queue *ubq, struct ublk_io *io,
 		if (ublk_queue_can_use_recovery_reissue(ubq))
 			blk_mq_requeue_request(req, false);
 		else
-			blk_mq_end_request(req, BLK_STS_IOERR);
+			ublk_put_req_ref(ubq, req);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -798,6 +858,7 @@ static inline void __ublk_rq_task_work(struct request *req,
 			mapped_bytes >> 9;
 	}
 
+	ublk_init_req_ref(ubq, req);
 	ubq_complete_io_cmd(io, UBLK_IO_RES_OK, issue_flags);
 }
 
@@ -1002,7 +1063,7 @@ static void ublk_commit_completion(struct ublk_device *ub,
 	req = blk_mq_tag_to_rq(ub->tag_set.tags[qid], tag);
 
 	if (req && likely(!blk_should_fake_timeout(req->q)))
-		ublk_complete_rq(req);
+		ublk_put_req_ref(ubq, req);
 }
 
 /*