diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c23b8ed44e68..4aa263b3c0a9 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2325eb661f745ed543ef33642f5fe0dd6d1f0850
+refs/heads/master: 34f646bd5731cfd456fbacc95c12a2cf52275e54
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/trunk/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
index 54f45fcf32b8..dfa092087d75 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
@@ -3130,12 +3130,6 @@ static int receive_sizes(struct drbd_conf *mdev, enum drbd_packet cmd,
 	p_size = be64_to_cpu(p->d_size);
 	p_usize = be64_to_cpu(p->u_size);
 
-	if (p_size == 0 && mdev->state.disk == D_DISKLESS) {
-		dev_err(DEV, "some backing storage is needed\n");
-		drbd_force_state(mdev, NS(conn, C_DISCONNECTING));
-		return false;
-	}
-
 	/* just store the peer's disk size for now.
 	 * we still need to figure out whether we accept that. */
 	mdev->p_size = p_size;