diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c
index ad307fb8dc28ffe714eb51275c4078de0ffdfb33..444581828d706e7d7b02078b27192cc934756726 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c
@@ -1342,6 +1342,9 @@ static void after_state_ch(struct drbd_conf *mdev, union drbd_state os,
 
 			was_io_error = test_and_clear_bit(WAS_IO_ERROR, &mdev->flags);
 
+			if (was_io_error && eh == EP_CALL_HELPER)
+				drbd_khelper(mdev, "local-io-error");
+
 			/* Immediately allow completion of all application IO,
 			 * that waits for completion from the local disk,
 			 * if this was a force-detach due to disk_timeout
@@ -1377,9 +1380,6 @@ static void after_state_ch(struct drbd_conf *mdev, union drbd_state os,
 			drbd_md_sync(mdev);
 		}
 		put_ldev(mdev);
-
-		if (was_io_error && eh == EP_CALL_HELPER)
-			drbd_khelper(mdev, "local-io-error");
 	}
 
         /* second half of local IO error, failure to attach,