diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
index 992683b6b299..89fe8a4bc02e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -1563,22 +1563,39 @@ static void rbd_obj_request_end(struct rbd_obj_request *obj_request)
 /*
  * Wait for an object request to complete.  If interrupted, cancel the
  * underlying osd request.
+ *
+ * @timeout: in jiffies, 0 means "wait forever"
  */
-static int rbd_obj_request_wait(struct rbd_obj_request *obj_request)
+static int __rbd_obj_request_wait(struct rbd_obj_request *obj_request,
+				  unsigned long timeout)
 {
-	int ret;
+	long ret;
 
 	dout("%s %p\n", __func__, obj_request);
-
-	ret = wait_for_completion_interruptible(&obj_request->completion);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		dout("%s %p interrupted\n", __func__, obj_request);
+	ret = wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(
+					&obj_request->completion,
+					ceph_timeout_jiffies(timeout));
+	if (ret <= 0) {
+		if (ret == 0)
+			ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
 		rbd_obj_request_end(obj_request);
-		return ret;
+	} else {
+		ret = 0;
 	}
 
-	dout("%s %p done\n", __func__, obj_request);
-	return 0;
+	dout("%s %p ret %d\n", __func__, obj_request, (int)ret);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int rbd_obj_request_wait(struct rbd_obj_request *obj_request)
+{
+	return __rbd_obj_request_wait(obj_request, 0);
+}
+
+static int rbd_obj_request_wait_timeout(struct rbd_obj_request *obj_request,
+					unsigned long timeout)
+{
+	return __rbd_obj_request_wait(obj_request, timeout);
 }
 
 static void rbd_img_request_complete(struct rbd_img_request *img_request)
@@ -3122,6 +3139,7 @@ static struct rbd_obj_request *rbd_obj_watch_request_helper(
 						bool watch)
 {
 	struct ceph_osd_client *osdc = &rbd_dev->rbd_client->client->osdc;
+	struct ceph_options *opts = osdc->client->options;
 	struct rbd_obj_request *obj_request;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -3148,7 +3166,7 @@ static struct rbd_obj_request *rbd_obj_watch_request_helper(
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
-	ret = rbd_obj_request_wait(obj_request);
+	ret = rbd_obj_request_wait_timeout(obj_request, opts->mount_timeout);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;