diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
index a6d266ee7e2ad9d7835cf30cb515b3f085c98b30..dbd451984e0de5d21f417544297adc8baf4e2ef2 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
@@ -3945,7 +3945,7 @@ static int drbd_do_auth(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
 	}
 
 	right_response = kmalloc(resp_size, GFP_NOIO);
-	if (response == NULL) {
+	if (right_response == NULL) {
 		dev_err(DEV, "kmalloc of right_response failed\n");
 		rv = 0;
 		goto fail;