diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index f765970578f9..5c4fe97e2d46 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -2079,6 +2079,15 @@ static int blkfront_resume(struct xenbus_device *dev)
 			if (!shadow[j].request)
 				continue;
 
+			/*
+			 * Split requests alias one request across two shadow
+			 * slots; skip the sg-less secondary so it completes
+			 * once, like blkif_completion() does.
+			 */
+			if (shadow[j].associated_id != NO_ASSOCIATED_ID &&
+			    shadow[j].num_sg == 0)
+				continue;
+
 			/*
 			 * Get the bios in the request so we can re-queue them.
 			 */