diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index 2c38752ca8d637034fc597ea2cbeb6a5ae371054..5c994739d11e3248625e00268d4607f23f2330f0 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -1827,7 +1827,8 @@ static inline void __drbd_chk_io_error_(struct drbd_conf *mdev, int forcedetach,
 		if (!forcedetach) {
 			if (__ratelimit(&drbd_ratelimit_state))
 				dev_err(DEV, "Local IO failed in %s.\n", where);
-			_drbd_set_state(_NS(mdev, disk, D_INCONSISTENT), CS_HARD, NULL);
+			if (mdev->state.disk > D_INCONSISTENT)
+				_drbd_set_state(_NS(mdev, disk, D_INCONSISTENT), CS_HARD, NULL);
 			break;
 		}
 		/* NOTE fall through to detach case if forcedetach set */