diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
index a56340dd5710cd89379da4f7d605afb06e2a3b17..f9a3e199e7156ffe75ee2b5608ef0c67863fcd0d 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
@@ -571,6 +571,25 @@ static int drbd_recv(struct drbd_conf *mdev, void *buf, size_t size)
 	return rv;
 }
 
+/* quoting tcp(7):
+ *   On individual connections, the socket buffer size must be set prior to the
+ *   listen(2) or connect(2) calls in order to have it take effect.
+ * This is our wrapper to do so.
+ */
+static void drbd_setbufsize(struct socket *sock, unsigned int snd,
+		unsigned int rcv)
+{
+	/* open coded SO_SNDBUF, SO_RCVBUF */
+	if (snd) {
+		sock->sk->sk_sndbuf = snd;
+		sock->sk->sk_userlocks |= SOCK_SNDBUF_LOCK;
+	}
+	if (rcv) {
+		sock->sk->sk_rcvbuf = rcv;
+		sock->sk->sk_userlocks |= SOCK_RCVBUF_LOCK;
+	}
+}
+
 static struct socket *drbd_try_connect(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
 {
 	const char *what;
@@ -592,6 +611,8 @@ static struct socket *drbd_try_connect(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
 
 	sock->sk->sk_rcvtimeo =
 	sock->sk->sk_sndtimeo =  mdev->net_conf->try_connect_int*HZ;
+	drbd_setbufsize(sock, mdev->net_conf->sndbuf_size,
+			mdev->net_conf->rcvbuf_size);
 
        /* explicitly bind to the configured IP as source IP
 	*  for the outgoing connections.
@@ -670,6 +691,8 @@ static struct socket *drbd_wait_for_connect(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
 	s_listen->sk->sk_reuse    = 1; /* SO_REUSEADDR */
 	s_listen->sk->sk_rcvtimeo = timeo;
 	s_listen->sk->sk_sndtimeo = timeo;
+	drbd_setbufsize(s_listen, mdev->net_conf->sndbuf_size,
+			mdev->net_conf->rcvbuf_size);
 
 	what = "bind before listen";
 	err = s_listen->ops->bind(s_listen,
@@ -856,16 +879,6 @@ static int drbd_connect(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
 	sock->sk->sk_priority = TC_PRIO_INTERACTIVE_BULK;
 	msock->sk->sk_priority = TC_PRIO_INTERACTIVE;
 
-	if (mdev->net_conf->sndbuf_size) {
-		sock->sk->sk_sndbuf = mdev->net_conf->sndbuf_size;
-		sock->sk->sk_userlocks |= SOCK_SNDBUF_LOCK;
-	}
-
-	if (mdev->net_conf->rcvbuf_size) {
-		sock->sk->sk_rcvbuf = mdev->net_conf->rcvbuf_size;
-		sock->sk->sk_userlocks |= SOCK_RCVBUF_LOCK;
-	}
-
 	/* NOT YET ...
 	 * sock->sk->sk_sndtimeo = mdev->net_conf->timeout*HZ/10;
 	 * sock->sk->sk_rcvtimeo = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;