diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
index 812523330a78..ec6c5c6e1ac9 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -2264,6 +2264,11 @@ static bool rbd_img_obj_end_request(struct rbd_obj_request *obj_request)
 			result, xferred);
 		if (!img_request->result)
 			img_request->result = result;
+		/*
+		 * Need to end I/O on the entire obj_request worth of
+		 * bytes in case of error.
+		 */
+		xferred = obj_request->length;
 	}
 
 	/* Image object requests don't own their page array */