diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
index 684e2e4d48e13898c1f35b4155abcabd7611d01a..e64b1c897c82f6fbe16cb56965af3e4e58e4916b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
@@ -2048,7 +2048,7 @@ int drbd_adm_connect(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	set_net_conf_defaults(new_conf);
 
 	err = net_conf_from_attrs(new_conf, info);
-	if (err) {
+	if (err && err != -ENOMSG) {
 		retcode = ERR_MANDATORY_TAG;
 		drbd_msg_put_info(from_attrs_err_to_txt(err));
 		goto fail;