diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
index 2086b12d3f75d6b60a90b4577a4ebd0967a65d1a..526414bc2cab18db5fb290189cccfa8951af4050 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
@@ -2776,7 +2776,7 @@ static int nla_put_drbd_cfg_context(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (device &&
 	    nla_put_u32(skb, T_ctx_volume, device->vnr))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
-	if (nla_put_string(skb, T_ctx_resource_name, connection->resource->name))
+	if (nla_put_string(skb, T_ctx_resource_name, resource->name))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	if (connection) {
 		if (connection->my_addr_len &&