diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index 100be556e6137..83482721bc012 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -1871,7 +1871,7 @@ int drbd_send(struct drbd_connection *connection, struct socket *sock,
 		drbd_update_congested(connection);
 	}
 	do {
-		rv = kernel_sendmsg(sock, &msg, &iov, 1, size);
+		rv = kernel_sendmsg(sock, &msg, &iov, 1, iov.iov_len);
 		if (rv == -EAGAIN) {
 			if (we_should_drop_the_connection(connection, sock))
 				break;
diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 19a16b2dbb917..7a10487559140 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ static int __nbd_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, struct nbd_device *nbd,
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 		sreq = blk_mq_alloc_request(bdev_get_queue(bdev), WRITE, 0);
-		if (!sreq)
+		if (IS_ERR(sreq))
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
 		mutex_unlock(&nbd->tx_lock);