diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index cb486a591b7d..355a12fbc63e 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 071942727824bab03b1a3f6b6eeb5b269697b333
+refs/heads/master: 617049aa7d753e8c821ac77126ab90e9f1b66d6d
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/trunk/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index 9bd53cf2cdb2..90050ab7adf3 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -335,6 +335,24 @@ void tl_release(struct drbd_conf *mdev, unsigned int barrier_nr,
 	drbd_force_state(mdev, NS(conn, C_PROTOCOL_ERROR));
 }
 
+
+/* In C_AHEAD mode only out_of_sync packets are sent for requests. Detach
+ * those requests from the newsest barrier when changing to an other cstate.
+ *
+ * That headless list vanishes when the last request finished its write or
+ * send out_of_sync packet.  */
+static void tl_forget(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
+{
+	struct drbd_tl_epoch *b;
+
+	if (test_bit(CREATE_BARRIER, &mdev->flags))
+		return;
+
+	b = mdev->newest_tle;
+	list_del(&b->requests);
+	_tl_add_barrier(mdev, b);
+}
+
 /**
  * _tl_restart() - Walks the transfer log, and applies an action to all requests
  * @mdev:	DRBD device.
@@ -1242,6 +1260,9 @@ __drbd_set_state(struct drbd_conf *mdev, union drbd_state ns,
 	if (os.conn < C_CONNECTED && ns.conn >= C_CONNECTED)
 		drbd_resume_al(mdev);
 
+	if (os.conn == C_AHEAD && ns.conn != C_AHEAD)
+		tl_forget(mdev);
+
 	ascw = kmalloc(sizeof(*ascw), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (ascw) {
 		ascw->os = os;