diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index 058371318da492a841782ed5164f2f2d64297f88..46a4332d34411c0b25ac8c5cf66987a58571b70c 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -1019,7 +1019,8 @@ struct drbd_conf {
 	struct hlist_head *tl_hash;
 	unsigned int tl_hash_s;
 
-	/* Interval tree of pending local write requests */
+	/* Interval tree of pending local requests */
+	struct rb_root read_requests;
 	struct rb_root write_requests;
 
 	/* blocks to resync in this run [unit BM_BLOCK_SIZE] */
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index 4d85838f53e37ca9e2dafff147fb3aaa857867f5..c0ea5baa9a1bbd9993e424be56983eb55325bac4 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -3473,6 +3473,7 @@ struct drbd_conf *drbd_new_device(unsigned int minor)
 	/* no need to lock access, we are still initializing this minor device. */
 	if (!tl_init(mdev))
 		goto out_no_tl;
+	mdev->read_requests = RB_ROOT;
 	mdev->write_requests = RB_ROOT;
 
 	mdev->app_reads_hash = kzalloc(APP_R_HSIZE*sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
index 593576fcf64efafb42f5730255cf85a8393a6bb7..d2a78c4ee919443f12c2d65edbf72acc207b118d 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
@@ -260,10 +260,15 @@ void _req_may_be_done(struct drbd_request *req, struct bio_and_error *m)
 
 		/* remove the request from the conflict detection
 		 * respective block_id verification hash */
-		if (!hlist_unhashed(&req->collision)) {
+		if (!drbd_interval_empty(&req->i)) {
+			struct rb_root *root;
+
 			hlist_del(&req->collision);
-			if (!drbd_interval_empty(&req->i))
-				drbd_remove_interval(&mdev->write_requests, &req->i);
+			if (rw == WRITE)
+				root = &mdev->write_requests;
+			else
+				root = &mdev->read_requests;
+			drbd_remove_interval(root, &req->i);
 		} else
 			D_ASSERT((s & (RQ_NET_MASK & ~RQ_NET_DONE)) == 0);
 
@@ -332,6 +337,7 @@ static int _req_conflicts(struct drbd_request *req)
 	struct hlist_head *slot;
 
 	D_ASSERT(hlist_unhashed(&req->collision));
+	D_ASSERT(drbd_interval_empty(&req->i));
 
 	if (!get_net_conf(mdev))
 		return 0;
@@ -493,6 +499,7 @@ int __req_mod(struct drbd_request *req, enum drbd_req_event what,
 		/* so we can verify the handle in the answer packet
 		 * corresponding hlist_del is in _req_may_be_done() */
 		hlist_add_head(&req->collision, ar_hash_slot(mdev, req->i.sector));
+		drbd_insert_interval(&mdev->read_requests, &req->i);
 
 		set_bit(UNPLUG_REMOTE, &mdev->flags);