diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_proc.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_proc.c
index 869bada2ed06838a656d431584afde516a9cd115..5496104f90b9efe295704a271c95b724a8245145 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_proc.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_proc.c
@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ static int drbd_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 		    mdev->state.role == R_SECONDARY) {
 			seq_printf(seq, "%2d: cs:Unconfigured\n", i);
 		} else {
+			/* reset mdev->congestion_reason */
+			bdi_rw_congested(&mdev->rq_queue->backing_dev_info);
+
 			seq_printf(seq,
 			   "%2d: cs:%s ro:%s/%s ds:%s/%s %c %c%c%c%c%c%c\n"
 			   "    ns:%u nr:%u dw:%u dr:%u al:%u bm:%u "