diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index c5dfe6486cf349cc149306094e89d63fdd1e8204..25c7a73c50621734cf22fda0654e93825e08e0ca 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -2982,7 +2982,7 @@ static int drbd_create_mempools(void)
 
 	drbd_ee_mempool = mempool_create(number,
 		mempool_alloc_slab, mempool_free_slab, drbd_ee_cache);
-	if (drbd_request_mempool == NULL)
+	if (drbd_ee_mempool == NULL)
 		goto Enomem;
 
 	/* drbd's page pool */