diff --git a/net/9p/trans_fd.c b/net/9p/trans_fd.c
index 196060dc6138..148533c993f1 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_fd.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_fd.c
@@ -687,7 +687,11 @@ static int p9_fd_request(struct p9_client *client, struct p9_req_t *req)
  	else
  		n = p9_fd_poll(m->client, NULL, NULL);
  
-	if (n & EPOLLOUT && !test_and_set_bit(Wworksched, &m->wsched))
+	/* Request was not sent */
+	if (!(n & EPOLLOUT))
+		return -EIO;
+
+	if (!test_and_set_bit(Wworksched, &m->wsched))
  		schedule_work(&m->wq);
  
  	return 0;