diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c3611f96178e..082e63035cc4 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 892fdd1aee35803bfa41ccf4df850ddb70f0811c
+refs/heads/master: 07fc96197aec46f7ad4f08a4b2a1ea426112e24d
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c b/trunk/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c
index f3e6090d462b..9ae40c96c1be 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c
@@ -1742,9 +1742,11 @@ _conn_request_state(struct drbd_tconn *tconn, union drbd_state mask, union drbd_
 	union drbd_state ns_max, ns_min, os;
 	bool have_mutex = false;
 
-	rv = is_valid_conn_transition(oc, val.conn);
-	if (rv < SS_SUCCESS)
-		goto abort;
+	if (mask.conn) {
+		rv = is_valid_conn_transition(oc, val.conn);
+		if (rv < SS_SUCCESS)
+			goto abort;
+	}
 
 	rv = conn_is_valid_transition(tconn, mask, val, flags);
 	if (rv < SS_SUCCESS)