diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index 1caced08a73e9b6b3eb17764f64b30d4a2c6307c..e0be4077d564bf38886b68da764e63ceb3aa6647 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -1593,8 +1593,18 @@ static void after_state_ch(struct drbd_conf *mdev, union drbd_state os,
 	if (os.disk < D_UP_TO_DATE && os.conn >= C_SYNC_SOURCE && ns.conn == C_CONNECTED)
 		drbd_send_state(mdev);
 
-	if (os.conn > C_CONNECTED && ns.conn <= C_CONNECTED)
+	/* This triggers bitmap writeout of potentially still unwritten pages
+	 * if the resync finished cleanly, or aborted because of peer disk
+	 * failure.  Resync aborted because of connection failure does bitmap
+	 * writeout from drbd_disconnect.
+	 * For resync aborted because of local disk failure, we cannot do
+	 * any bitmap writeout anymore.
+	 */
+	if (os.conn > C_CONNECTED && ns.conn == C_CONNECTED &&
+	    mdev->state.conn == C_CONNECTED && get_ldev(mdev)) {
 		drbd_queue_bitmap_io(mdev, &drbd_bm_write, NULL, "write from resync_finished");
+		put_ldev(mdev);
+	}
 
 	/* free tl_hash if we Got thawed and are C_STANDALONE */
 	if (ns.conn == C_STANDALONE && !is_susp(ns) && mdev->tl_hash)
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
index 3ccc6c33a330dda33dc2c828621c9847db189c95..432fe8f6b5d2647218f600ccbf8de688e840e431 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
@@ -3811,6 +3811,7 @@ static void drbd_disconnect(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
 
 	fp = FP_DONT_CARE;
 	if (get_ldev(mdev)) {
+		drbd_bitmap_io(mdev, &drbd_bm_write, "write from disconnect");
 		fp = mdev->ldev->dc.fencing;
 		put_ldev(mdev);
 	}