diff --git a/block/io.c b/block/io.c
index b0435ed6707cef8d35526bdb0b3a5474274773fd..ca2dca30070e4bb4b8f04c10bed1977e18a5df5d 100644
--- a/block/io.c
+++ b/block/io.c
@@ -3460,3 +3460,14 @@ out:
 
     return ret;
 }
+
+void bdrv_cancel_in_flight(BlockDriverState *bs)
+{
+    if (!bs || !bs->drv) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (bs->drv->bdrv_cancel_in_flight) {
+        bs->drv->bdrv_cancel_in_flight(bs);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
index 0a9f2c187cdbbae7968d76d09bdd8d800ab927a0..2f2698074e303df3b8922fef4b0d9b2b3a792569 100644
--- a/include/block/block.h
+++ b/include/block/block.h
@@ -849,4 +849,7 @@ int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_copy_range(BdrvChild *src, int64_t src_offset,
                                     BdrvChild *dst, int64_t dst_offset,
                                     int64_t bytes, BdrvRequestFlags read_flags,
                                     BdrvRequestFlags write_flags);
+
+void bdrv_cancel_in_flight(BlockDriverState *bs);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index 22a2789d3516bbc23ddc9e26e5326695dee794c6..88e41119398144f79f2b2f0db8d5e0ec3beceb0f 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -352,6 +352,15 @@ struct BlockDriver {
         bool want_zero, int64_t offset, int64_t bytes, int64_t *pnum,
         int64_t *map, BlockDriverState **file);
 
+    /*
+     * This informs the driver that we are no longer interested in the result
+     * of in-flight requests, so don't waste the time if possible.
+     *
+     * One example usage is to avoid waiting for an nbd target node reconnect
+     * timeout during job-cancel.
+     */
+    void (*bdrv_cancel_in_flight)(BlockDriverState *bs);
+
     /*
      * Invalidate any cached meta-data.
      */