diff --git a/nbd/server.c b/nbd/server.c
index 613ed2634a..7229f487d2 100644
--- a/nbd/server.c
+++ b/nbd/server.c
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ struct NBDClient {
     CoMutex send_lock;
     Coroutine *send_coroutine;
 
+    bool read_yielding;
+    bool quiescing;
+
     QTAILQ_ENTRY(NBDClient) next;
     int nb_requests;
     bool closing;
@@ -1352,14 +1355,60 @@ static coroutine_fn int nbd_negotiate(NBDClient *client, Error **errp)
     return 0;
 }
 
-static int nbd_receive_request(QIOChannel *ioc, NBDRequest *request,
+/* nbd_read_eof
+ * Tries to read @size bytes from @ioc. This is a local implementation of
+ * qio_channel_readv_all_eof. We have it here because we need it to be
+ * interruptible and to know when the coroutine is yielding.
+ * Returns 1 on success
+ *         0 on eof, when no data was read (errp is not set)
+ *         negative errno on failure (errp is set)
+ */
+static inline int coroutine_fn
+nbd_read_eof(NBDClient *client, void *buffer, size_t size, Error **errp)
+{
+    bool partial = false;
+
+    assert(size);
+    while (size > 0) {
+        struct iovec iov = { .iov_base = buffer, .iov_len = size };
+        ssize_t len;
+
+        len = qio_channel_readv(client->ioc, &iov, 1, errp);
+        if (len == QIO_CHANNEL_ERR_BLOCK) {
+            client->read_yielding = true;
+            qio_channel_yield(client->ioc, G_IO_IN);
+            client->read_yielding = false;
+            if (client->quiescing) {
+                return -EAGAIN;
+            }
+            continue;
+        } else if (len < 0) {
+            return -EIO;
+        } else if (len == 0) {
+            if (partial) {
+                error_setg(errp,
+                           "Unexpected end-of-file before all bytes were read");
+                return -EIO;
+            } else {
+                return 0;
+            }
+        }
+
+        partial = true;
+        size -= len;
+        buffer = (uint8_t *) buffer + len;
+    }
+    return 1;
+}
+
+static int nbd_receive_request(NBDClient *client, NBDRequest *request,
                                Error **errp)
 {
     uint8_t buf[NBD_REQUEST_SIZE];
     uint32_t magic;
     int ret;
 
-    ret = nbd_read(ioc, buf, sizeof(buf), "request", errp);
+    ret = nbd_read_eof(client, buf, sizeof(buf), errp);
     if (ret < 0) {
         return ret;
     }
@@ -1480,11 +1529,37 @@ static void blk_aio_attached(AioContext *ctx, void *opaque)
 
     QTAILQ_FOREACH(client, &exp->clients, next) {
         qio_channel_attach_aio_context(client->ioc, ctx);
+
+        assert(client->recv_coroutine == NULL);
+        assert(client->send_coroutine == NULL);
+
+        if (client->quiescing) {
+            client->quiescing = false;
+            nbd_client_receive_next_request(client);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static void nbd_aio_detach_bh(void *opaque)
+{
+    NBDExport *exp = opaque;
+    NBDClient *client;
+
+    QTAILQ_FOREACH(client, &exp->clients, next) {
+        qio_channel_detach_aio_context(client->ioc);
+        client->quiescing = true;
+
         if (client->recv_coroutine) {
-            aio_co_schedule(ctx, client->recv_coroutine);
+            if (client->read_yielding) {
+                qemu_aio_coroutine_enter(exp->common.ctx,
+                                         client->recv_coroutine);
+            } else {
+                AIO_WAIT_WHILE(exp->common.ctx, client->recv_coroutine != NULL);
+            }
         }
+
         if (client->send_coroutine) {
-            aio_co_schedule(ctx, client->send_coroutine);
+            AIO_WAIT_WHILE(exp->common.ctx, client->send_coroutine != NULL);
         }
     }
 }
@@ -1492,13 +1567,10 @@ static void blk_aio_attached(AioContext *ctx, void *opaque)
 static void blk_aio_detach(void *opaque)
 {
     NBDExport *exp = opaque;
-    NBDClient *client;
 
     trace_nbd_blk_aio_detach(exp->name, exp->common.ctx);
 
-    QTAILQ_FOREACH(client, &exp->clients, next) {
-        qio_channel_detach_aio_context(client->ioc);
-    }
+    aio_wait_bh_oneshot(exp->common.ctx, nbd_aio_detach_bh, exp);
 
     exp->common.ctx = NULL;
 }
@@ -2151,20 +2223,23 @@ static int nbd_co_send_bitmap(NBDClient *client, uint64_t handle,
 
 /* nbd_co_receive_request
  * Collect a client request. Return 0 if request looks valid, -EIO to drop
- * connection right away, and any other negative value to report an error to
- * the client (although the caller may still need to disconnect after reporting
- * the error).
+ * connection right away, -EAGAIN to indicate we were interrupted and the
+ * channel should be quiesced, and any other negative value to report an error
+ * to the client (although the caller may still need to disconnect after
+ * reporting the error).
  */
 static int nbd_co_receive_request(NBDRequestData *req, NBDRequest *request,
                                   Error **errp)
 {
     NBDClient *client = req->client;
     int valid_flags;
+    int ret;
 
     g_assert(qemu_in_coroutine());
     assert(client->recv_coroutine == qemu_coroutine_self());
-    if (nbd_receive_request(client->ioc, request, errp) < 0) {
-        return -EIO;
+    ret = nbd_receive_request(client, request, errp);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        return  ret;
     }
 
     trace_nbd_co_receive_request_decode_type(request->handle, request->type,
@@ -2507,6 +2582,17 @@ static coroutine_fn void nbd_trip(void *opaque)
         return;
     }
 
+    if (client->quiescing) {
+        /*
+         * We're switching between AIO contexts. Don't attempt to receive a new
+         * request and kick the main context which may be waiting for us.
+         */
+        nbd_client_put(client);
+        client->recv_coroutine = NULL;
+        aio_wait_kick();
+        return;
+    }
+
     req = nbd_request_get(client);
     ret = nbd_co_receive_request(req, &request, &local_err);
     client->recv_coroutine = NULL;
@@ -2519,6 +2605,11 @@ static coroutine_fn void nbd_trip(void *opaque)
         goto done;
     }
 
+    if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
+        assert(client->quiescing);
+        goto done;
+    }
+
     nbd_client_receive_next_request(client);
     if (ret == -EIO) {
         goto disconnect;
@@ -2565,7 +2656,8 @@ disconnect:
 
 static void nbd_client_receive_next_request(NBDClient *client)
 {
-    if (!client->recv_coroutine && client->nb_requests < MAX_NBD_REQUESTS) {
+    if (!client->recv_coroutine && client->nb_requests < MAX_NBD_REQUESTS &&
+        !client->quiescing) {
         nbd_client_get(client);
         client->recv_coroutine = qemu_coroutine_create(nbd_trip, client);
         aio_co_schedule(client->exp->common.ctx, client->recv_coroutine);
