diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c
index b2355994a4d6ba036c8543eacc4c90fc9b23a486..9eae2894431224df11a62afbc114a69ed4078a4c 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c
@@ -1097,6 +1097,7 @@ int drbd_rs_del_all(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
 		put_ldev(mdev);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irq(&mdev->al_lock);
+	wake_up(&mdev->al_wait);
 
 	return 0;
 }