diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index b7301006fb281b..7a5e62fae171c4 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ enum blkif_state {
 	BLKIF_STATE_DISCONNECTED,
 	BLKIF_STATE_CONNECTED,
 	BLKIF_STATE_SUSPENDED,
+	BLKIF_STATE_ERROR,
 };
 
 struct grant {
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ struct grant {
 };
 
 enum blk_req_status {
+	REQ_PROCESSING,
 	REQ_WAITING,
 	REQ_DONE,
 	REQ_ERROR,
@@ -530,7 +532,7 @@ static unsigned long blkif_ring_get_request(struct blkfront_ring_info *rinfo,
 
 	id = get_id_from_freelist(rinfo);
 	rinfo->shadow[id].request = req;
-	rinfo->shadow[id].status = REQ_WAITING;
+	rinfo->shadow[id].status = REQ_PROCESSING;
 	rinfo->shadow[id].associated_id = NO_ASSOCIATED_ID;
 
 	rinfo->shadow[id].req.u.rw.id = id;
@@ -559,6 +561,7 @@ static int blkif_queue_discard_req(struct request *req, struct blkfront_ring_inf
 
 	/* Copy the request to the ring page. */
 	*final_ring_req = *ring_req;
+	rinfo->shadow[id].status = REQ_WAITING;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -834,8 +837,11 @@ static int blkif_queue_rw_req(struct request *req, struct blkfront_ring_info *ri
 
 	/* Copy request(s) to the ring page. */
 	*final_ring_req = *ring_req;
-	if (unlikely(require_extra_req))
+	rinfo->shadow[id].status = REQ_WAITING;
+	if (unlikely(require_extra_req)) {
 		*final_extra_ring_req = *extra_ring_req;
+		rinfo->shadow[extra_id].status = REQ_WAITING;
+	}
 
 	if (new_persistent_gnts)
 		gnttab_free_grant_references(setup.gref_head);
@@ -1359,8 +1365,8 @@ static enum blk_req_status blkif_rsp_to_req_status(int rsp)
 static int blkif_get_final_status(enum blk_req_status s1,
 				  enum blk_req_status s2)
 {
-	BUG_ON(s1 == REQ_WAITING);
-	BUG_ON(s2 == REQ_WAITING);
+	BUG_ON(s1 < REQ_DONE);
+	BUG_ON(s2 < REQ_DONE);
 
 	if (s1 == REQ_ERROR || s2 == REQ_ERROR)
 		return BLKIF_RSP_ERROR;
@@ -1393,7 +1399,7 @@ static bool blkif_completion(unsigned long *id,
 		s->status = blkif_rsp_to_req_status(bret->status);
 
 		/* Wait the second response if not yet here. */
-		if (s2->status == REQ_WAITING)
+		if (s2->status < REQ_DONE)
 			return false;
 
 		bret->status = blkif_get_final_status(s->status,
@@ -1512,11 +1518,17 @@ static irqreturn_t blkif_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&rinfo->ring_lock, flags);
  again:
-	rp = rinfo->ring.sring->rsp_prod;
-	rmb(); /* Ensure we see queued responses up to 'rp'. */
+	rp = READ_ONCE(rinfo->ring.sring->rsp_prod);
+	virt_rmb(); /* Ensure we see queued responses up to 'rp'. */
+	if (RING_RESPONSE_PROD_OVERFLOW(&rinfo->ring, rp)) {
+		pr_alert("%s: illegal number of responses %u\n",
+			 info->gd->disk_name, rp - rinfo->ring.rsp_cons);
+		goto err;
+	}
 
 	for (i = rinfo->ring.rsp_cons; i != rp; i++) {
 		unsigned long id;
+		unsigned int op;
 
 		RING_COPY_RESPONSE(&rinfo->ring, i, &bret);
 		id = bret.id;
@@ -1527,14 +1539,28 @@ static irqreturn_t blkif_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 		 * look in get_id_from_freelist.
 		 */
 		if (id >= BLK_RING_SIZE(info)) {
-			WARN(1, "%s: response to %s has incorrect id (%ld)\n",
-			     info->gd->disk_name, op_name(bret.operation), id);
-			/* We can't safely get the 'struct request' as
-			 * the id is busted. */
-			continue;
+			pr_alert("%s: response has incorrect id (%ld)\n",
+				 info->gd->disk_name, id);
+			goto err;
+		}
+		if (rinfo->shadow[id].status != REQ_WAITING) {
+			pr_alert("%s: response references no pending request\n",
+				 info->gd->disk_name);
+			goto err;
 		}
+
+		rinfo->shadow[id].status = REQ_PROCESSING;
 		req  = rinfo->shadow[id].request;
 
+		op = rinfo->shadow[id].req.operation;
+		if (op == BLKIF_OP_INDIRECT)
+			op = rinfo->shadow[id].req.u.indirect.indirect_op;
+		if (bret.operation != op) {
+			pr_alert("%s: response has wrong operation (%u instead of %u)\n",
+				 info->gd->disk_name, bret.operation, op);
+			goto err;
+		}
+
 		if (bret.operation != BLKIF_OP_DISCARD) {
 			/*
 			 * We may need to wait for an extra response if the
@@ -1559,7 +1585,8 @@ static irqreturn_t blkif_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 		case BLKIF_OP_DISCARD:
 			if (unlikely(bret.status == BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP)) {
 				struct request_queue *rq = info->rq;
-				printk(KERN_WARNING "blkfront: %s: %s op failed\n",
+
+				pr_warn_ratelimited("blkfront: %s: %s op failed\n",
 					   info->gd->disk_name, op_name(bret.operation));
 				blkif_req(req)->error = BLK_STS_NOTSUPP;
 				info->feature_discard = 0;
@@ -1571,13 +1598,13 @@ static irqreturn_t blkif_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 		case BLKIF_OP_FLUSH_DISKCACHE:
 		case BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER:
 			if (unlikely(bret.status == BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP)) {
-				printk(KERN_WARNING "blkfront: %s: %s op failed\n",
+				pr_warn_ratelimited("blkfront: %s: %s op failed\n",
 				       info->gd->disk_name, op_name(bret.operation));
 				blkif_req(req)->error = BLK_STS_NOTSUPP;
 			}
 			if (unlikely(bret.status == BLKIF_RSP_ERROR &&
 				     rinfo->shadow[id].req.u.rw.nr_segments == 0)) {
-				printk(KERN_WARNING "blkfront: %s: empty %s op failed\n",
+				pr_warn_ratelimited("blkfront: %s: empty %s op failed\n",
 				       info->gd->disk_name, op_name(bret.operation));
 				blkif_req(req)->error = BLK_STS_NOTSUPP;
 			}
@@ -1592,8 +1619,9 @@ static irqreturn_t blkif_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 		case BLKIF_OP_READ:
 		case BLKIF_OP_WRITE:
 			if (unlikely(bret.status != BLKIF_RSP_OKAY))
-				dev_dbg(&info->xbdev->dev, "Bad return from blkdev data "
-					"request: %x\n", bret.status);
+				dev_dbg_ratelimited(&info->xbdev->dev,
+					"Bad return from blkdev data request: %#x\n",
+					bret.status);
 
 			break;
 		default:
@@ -1619,6 +1647,14 @@ static irqreturn_t blkif_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rinfo->ring_lock, flags);
 
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
+
+ err:
+	info->connected = BLKIF_STATE_ERROR;
+
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rinfo->ring_lock, flags);
+
+	pr_alert("%s disabled for further use\n", info->gd->disk_name);
+	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }