diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
index 48d313dcae7d42959203ef89b756187d50df6c38..733219884ab7883eb25a0090a30331f2dd91f6fc 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
@@ -663,9 +663,7 @@ static int drbd_may_do_local_read(struct drbd_conf *mdev, sector_t sector, int s
 
 	if (mdev->state.disk == D_UP_TO_DATE)
 		return 1;
-	if (mdev->state.disk >= D_OUTDATED)
-		return 0;
-	if (mdev->state.disk <  D_INCONSISTENT)
+	if (mdev->state.disk != D_INCONSISTENT)
 		return 0;
 	esector = sector + (size >> 9) - 1;