diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
index 6f11d85792631223264d03e5252afe7b6e00af2d..fde2d257eb86fd49bdd7b651b56a10c22315d5c4 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
@@ -3301,7 +3301,7 @@ int drbd_adm_new_resource(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	if (retcode != NO_ERROR)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (adm_ctx.connection) {
+	if (adm_ctx.resource) {
 		if (info->nlhdr->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_EXCL) {
 			retcode = ERR_INVALID_REQUEST;
 			drbd_msg_put_info("resource exists");