diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
index 9c888e5b648fa063df8587ed4394e33522fd2fbf..e546dd3fab8a8100a5380b37bb4fc11a6e6d8583 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
@@ -4440,6 +4440,11 @@ static int drbd_disconnected(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
 
 	drbd_finish_peer_reqs(mdev);
 
+	/* This second workqueue flush is necessary, since drbd_finish_peer_reqs()
+	   might have issued a work again. The one before drbd_finish_peer_reqs() is
+	   necessary to reclain net_ee in drbd_finish_peer_reqs(). */
+	drbd_flush_workqueue(mdev);
+
 	kfree(mdev->p_uuid);
 	mdev->p_uuid = NULL;