diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
index a3f6b04ebabadc6fa252ebcbe4904ac1ca8805ce..6f9d1bfcca58c176b8a25f171ba3a6a2ae24c1cd 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ static int drbd_make_request_common(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct bio *bio, uns
 			congested = 1;
 		}
 
-		if (congested && atomic_read(&mdev->rs_pending_cnt) == 0) {
+		if (congested) {
 			/* rs_pending_cnt must be zero, otherwise the two peers
 			   might get different bitmaps. With sane configurations
 			   the resync stalls long before we might want to go into