diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p.c b/hw/9pfs/9p.c
index 7cad2bce62..4f9c2dde9c 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p.c
@@ -435,6 +435,12 @@ void coroutine_fn v9fs_reclaim_fd(V9fsPDU *pdu)
     GHashTableIter iter;
     gpointer fid;
 
+    /* prevent multiple coroutines running this function simultaniously */
+    if (s->reclaiming) {
+        return;
+    }
+    s->reclaiming = true;
+
     g_hash_table_iter_init(&iter, s->fids);
 
     QSLIST_HEAD(, V9fsFidState) reclaim_list =
@@ -510,6 +516,8 @@ void coroutine_fn v9fs_reclaim_fd(V9fsPDU *pdu)
          */
         put_fid(pdu, f);
     }
+
+    s->reclaiming = false;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -4324,6 +4332,8 @@ int v9fs_device_realize_common(V9fsState *s, const V9fsTransport *t,
     s->ctx.fst = &fse->fst;
     fsdev_throttle_init(s->ctx.fst);
 
+    s->reclaiming = false;
+
     rc = 0;
 out:
     if (rc) {
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p.h b/hw/9pfs/9p.h
index 5e041e1f60..259ad32ed1 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p.h
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p.h
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ struct V9fsState {
     uint64_t qp_ndevices; /* Amount of entries in qpd_table. */
     uint16_t qp_affix_next;
     uint64_t qp_fullpath_next;
+    bool reclaiming;
 };
 
 /* 9p2000.L open flags */