diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c
index 7db29080f3639852f9f4d93ed8afef9f9c79ef09..f7e6c92f8d03d001c1a452fe92b0c605c450bd38 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c
@@ -1151,10 +1151,6 @@ int w_e_end_ov_reply(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct drbd_work *w, int cancel)
 			eq = !memcmp(digest, di->digest, digest_size);
 			kfree(digest);
 		}
-	} else {
-		ok = drbd_send_ack(mdev, P_NEG_RS_DREPLY, e);
-		if (__ratelimit(&drbd_ratelimit_state))
-			dev_err(DEV, "Sending NegDReply. I guess it gets messy.\n");
 	}
 
 	dec_unacked(mdev);