diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
index c67717d572d16c89b1a4f74701b25c0a7ffeafbe..5a01c53dddeb873b5fdba6d4d06e3c9f18476a41 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
@@ -1645,6 +1645,6 @@ void request_timer_fn(unsigned long data)
 		? oldest_submit_jif + dt : now + et;
 	nt = time_before(ent, dt) ? ent : dt;
 out:
-	spin_unlock_irq(&connection->resource->req_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&device->resource->req_lock);
 	mod_timer(&device->request_timer, nt);
 }