diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index 057ffed6eb7e2e4ea8b95db964f51e7be6f26e99..784f4eb2ed61c2a13602045ff6e8957002bcf93c 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -965,6 +965,7 @@ struct drbd_conf {
 	unsigned long rs_mark_time[DRBD_SYNC_MARKS];
 	/* current index into rs_mark_{left,time} */
 	int rs_last_mark;
+	unsigned long rs_last_bcast; /* [unit jiffies] */
 
 	/* where does the admin want us to start? (sector) */
 	sector_t ov_start_sector;
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
index 298dd3e35e02dde563119bfb33b9e547e95caa5f..d339a2754a8581c811271d95ea14b196d436d907 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
@@ -3295,6 +3295,12 @@ void drbd_bcast_event(struct drbd_conf *mdev, const struct sib_info *sib)
 	unsigned seq;
 	int err = -ENOMEM;
 
+	if (sib->sib_reason == SIB_SYNC_PROGRESS &&
+	    time_after(jiffies, mdev->rs_last_bcast + HZ))
+		mdev->rs_last_bcast = jiffies;
+	else
+		return;
+
 	seq = atomic_inc_return(&drbd_genl_seq);
 	msg = genlmsg_new(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_NOIO);
 	if (!msg)
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c
index 64a7305c678ae0cc22e22b5608844ea5e28eaadc..424dc7bdf9b7f97500c2f6afa2ec4aa69ef3e1d0 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c
@@ -1696,6 +1696,10 @@ void drbd_start_resync(struct drbd_conf *mdev, enum drbd_conns side)
 	write_unlock_irq(&global_state_lock);
 
 	if (r == SS_SUCCESS) {
+		/* reset rs_last_bcast when a resync or verify is started,
+		 * to deal with potential jiffies wrap. */
+		mdev->rs_last_bcast = jiffies - HZ;
+
 		dev_info(DEV, "Began resync as %s (will sync %lu KB [%lu bits set]).\n",
 		     drbd_conn_str(ns.conn),
 		     (unsigned long) mdev->rs_total << (BM_BLOCK_SHIFT-10),
diff --git a/include/linux/drbd.h b/include/linux/drbd.h
index 0b93e5e2e0646a5301e25d0fc988c704d097c1ad..0c5a18ec322ce2b1ef963d8364d868adc3a82f98 100644
--- a/include/linux/drbd.h
+++ b/include/linux/drbd.h
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@
 #endif
 
 extern const char *drbd_buildtag(void);
-#define REL_VERSION "8.3.11"
-#define API_VERSION 88
+#define REL_VERSION "8.4.2"
+#define API_VERSION 1
 #define PRO_VERSION_MIN 86
 #define PRO_VERSION_MAX 101