A method for temporarily storing data and a storage device is provided. The method for temporarily storing data is applied to the storage device, and the storage device includes a source agent and a target agent. The method includes: sending, by the source agent, a data obtaining request to the target agent; receiving, by the source agent, target data that is corresponding to the data obtaining request and is returned by the target agent; determining, by the source agent, whether a snooping request that is for the target data and sent by the target agent is received after the data obtaining request is sent and before the target data is received, where the snooping request indicates that the target agent is simultaneously processing an obtaining request from another source agent for the target data; and if the snooping request is received, discarding, by the source agent, the target data.