diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index bf1aad683387..43e9490fabeb 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ struct p_header80 {
 struct p_header95 {
 	u16	  magic;	/* use DRBD_MAGIC_BIG here */
 	u16	  command;
-	u32	  length;	/* Use only 24 bits of that. Ignore the highest 8 bit. */
+	u32	  length;
 } __packed;
 
 struct p_header100 {
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index 5d9112cefcd7..e1aef12e5091 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ static unsigned int prepare_header95(struct p_header95 *h, enum drbd_packet cmd,
 {
 	h->magic   = cpu_to_be16(DRBD_MAGIC_BIG);
 	h->command = cpu_to_be16(cmd);
-	h->length  = cpu_to_be32(size);
+	h->length = cpu_to_be32(size);
 	return sizeof(struct p_header95);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
index 311b95453cb7..f846e55c1740 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
@@ -996,10 +996,9 @@ static int decode_header(struct drbd_tconn *tconn, void *header, struct packet_i
 	} else if (header_size == sizeof(struct p_header95) &&
 		   *(__be16 *)header == cpu_to_be16(DRBD_MAGIC_BIG)) {
 		struct p_header95 *h = header;
-
 		pi->cmd = be16_to_cpu(h->command);
-		pi->size = be32_to_cpu(h->length) & 0x00ffffff;
-		pi->vnr  = 0;
+		pi->size = be32_to_cpu(h->length);
+		pi->vnr = 0;
 	} else if (header_size == sizeof(struct p_header80) &&
 		   *(__be32 *)header == cpu_to_be32(DRBD_MAGIC)) {
 		struct p_header80 *h = header;