diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index 1cc8dd759f11227cba615b685118758f77a8180f..dacc63f2dfea15b222e5309b06f8219456a6e11a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -1955,7 +1955,7 @@ static inline int drbd_send_ping_ack(struct drbd_tconn *tconn)
 static inline int drbd_send_state_req(struct drbd_conf *mdev,
 				      union drbd_state mask, union drbd_state val)
 {
-	return !_conn_send_state_req(mdev->tconn, mdev->vnr, P_STATE_CHG_REQ, mask, val);
+	return _conn_send_state_req(mdev->tconn, mdev->vnr, P_STATE_CHG_REQ, mask, val);
 }
 
 static inline int conn_send_state_req(struct drbd_tconn *tconn,
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c
index a33dda1e7bc34b954dc791ffa4c17817b5587204..1c681110580eeee040ee4b1583c8bf186060d68e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ drbd_req_state(struct drbd_conf *mdev, union drbd_state mask,
 			goto abort;
 		}
 
-		if (!drbd_send_state_req(mdev, mask, val)) {
+		if (drbd_send_state_req(mdev, mask, val)) {
 			rv = SS_CW_FAILED_BY_PEER;
 			if (f & CS_VERBOSE)
 				print_st_err(mdev, os, ns, rv);