diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 9f2e15e7e622..94b2a488aae5 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 7ac314c82f552eefebaa91c9fffe8c0d435641b9
+refs/heads/master: 7e2455c1a123ceadbb35150a610d61e8443fd340
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/trunk/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
index ed9f1de24a71..3f096e7959b4 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
@@ -899,7 +899,8 @@ static int drbd_connect(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
 
 	drbd_thread_start(&mdev->asender);
 
-	drbd_send_protocol(mdev);
+	if (!drbd_send_protocol(mdev))
+		return -1;
 	drbd_send_sync_param(mdev, &mdev->sync_conf);
 	drbd_send_sizes(mdev, 0);
 	drbd_send_uuids(mdev);